On the Tombstones and Monuments Erected Ln Memory of the With

ON T HE TOMBSTONES AND MONUMENTS

ER ECT ED lN MEM OR Y O F T HE

W IT H

H IS T OR ICAL IN TR OD UCTION A ND N OTE S .

B Y A M E S G IB S O N J , “ , “ ’ EDITOR OF T HE BURNS CALENDAR BURN S BIRT H-DA Y BOOK , ,

are , are.

’ S u fferin for T ru t s sake g h , Is fortitu de to hi hest vi to r g c y, A nd t o the fai t ful deat the ate of life , h , h g

D T 1 6 BUCH A NA N T UNN 8: WR IGH , 7 S R EET .

N 1 A VE M A R IA L A NE LONDO : 5 .

P R E F A C E .

“ H E S In following ketches, illustrating

s cription s on the T ombstones and Monuments erected in Mem ory of the

” ’ r A mrosmn a nd Covenante s, were written for the

S al /{coa ts H era ld in d , and appeared that paper uring

1 8 S the spring and summer of 7 5 . ince then , they have been carefully revised and extended, and in this more convenient and permanent form the

A uthor trusts they may be considered worthy of

ﬁlling a special chapter in the Churchyard records of S cotland . T he purpose of this work is to interpret the story of the Covenanters with particular reference to the Inscriptions on the Gravestones and M onu

to r r ments, b ing these memo ials of a bygone age

r re— into a connected se ies, and set them in a slight A i i e P r f ace.

f h ramework of history . T e only merit they assume

i s that of strict ﬁdelity to well-authenticated facts ;

there is no pretension made to independent re

s r r r earch o o iginality, but eve y available source of

in formati on has been consulted which could throw

light upon the names of the Martyrs . If our authorities are not quoted in footnotes

of r O eference, the weight of bligation is not less

sincere in making a general acknowledgment of indebtedness to such Historians of the S uff erings

f d Wodrow De o the Church of Scotlan as , Foe,

‘ M Crie or Crookshank, , and others ; not f getting those valuable chapters of the persecuting times

in L preserved ocal Histories , as well as to nume

rous works published on the T raditions of the

Covenanters . W S hen these ketches were ﬁrst projected, the only collection of Epitaphs on the T ombstones of

the Covenanters was to be found as A ddenda to

” T he r Cloud of Witnesses , but p esented in such a bald and meagre style as to excite a long- cherished wish to give them a separate and more distinctive N character. o sooner had these plans been arranged and considerable progress made to supply a weekly ’ m/d column for the A ra roma n H e , extending over a P e r fa ce. iii

F “ T he period of six months , than the irst S eries of

M r S R e . arty Graves of cotland, by the v John H .

T n . A s homson, made its appeara ce a work of great

r t merit and autho i y, it seemed to fulﬁl every require ment, and nearly frustrated our intention of adding a

’ stone to the Covenanters Cairn ; but the prospect of “ ﬁnishing the whole of our j ourney long before A ” r r Count y Minister started on his fu ther travels ,

rr in If encouraged us to ca y out our orig al intent . a this g rland is made up with a less skilful hand, let us hope it may meet with a kindly welcome from that numerous class of readers whose hearts warm to the

a memory of the Coven nters, but who have neither

r time nor inclination to study an elaborate histo y, and may be more easily satisﬁed with this attempt to set forth a concise summary of these

R ecords left

O f erse u tion and t he Coven an t t imes p c ,

W ose e o ri n s t rou S o t lan d to t is ou r h ch g h gh c h h .

C ON TE N TS .

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KIRKCUDBRIGu 'r S T A NDREW S , ,

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T R L L OCII OO ,

L ONGFOR GA N ,

LOUDON ,

M A GUS M UIR ,

VA LEDIC’ ‘ N IIO , LIS T OF ILL US T R A TION S .

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’ W K BLA C KA DDER S T O MBST ONE. NORT H BER IC ,

T OMBS T O NE O F T HE S EVEN M A R T R S A Y R Y ,

’ P EDEN S G RA VE O LD CUM NOC K , ,

’ F M A RT Y R s M O NUM ENT , DUM RIES ,

H T R ICAL INT R D T I N IS O O UC O .

T he lover of freedo m can n ever forget T he gloriou s p easan t b an d — ’ H is sires t hat o n S co tia s moorlands met ;

E a na e like a seal on the eart is set ch m h , ” T he d of his at er and p ri e F h l .

’ H E twenty- eight years persecution of the S r R estora cottish Covenante s , from ! the

tion of Charles II. to the Kevolu tion of 1 68 8 r r th , is a memo able chapte in e

r i histo y of civ l and religious freedom , and to no passage in her history do genuine Scotsmen look back with such national pride as to this brave protest an d

o o r W resistance against f reign c nt ol and aggression . e can neither forget their sufferings nor underrate their

the r r of h services, and as yea s roll past, the memo y t e Covenanters is regarded with deeper gratitude and

r reve ence . T he b Covenant is now a fee le sound, and is only 8 T0772 3 5 519 o t/ze C ve 5 071 f o na nlers .

r cu ious as a historical document, whose bond of union

ceased when the conﬂict ended ; for, like all popular w standards, it had something local and special, narro

- and one sided, and with the imperfection of the age

r which inspi ed it, but it had also something universal T h and perpetual , adapted for a better life . e motive

or r fﬁ power was a temp a y and insu cient instrument,

o but the principle inv lved , and the results to be ro r ﬁ w ught out , we e of lasting bene t to mankind, as the seeds of a more expansive life were being s own

r i r in the free, pu e exerc se of eligious belief and worship . It is only fair to admit that along with a terrible earnestness there mingled many elements of blindness and bigotry among the Covenanters but the power of suff ering and adversity developed a rare moral

r r z cou age , a oused a burning eal and devotion , and awakened S cotland to a spiritual consciousness which

r has never since been pe mitted to die away. From

r rr that day forwa d the cu ent set in, slowly but surely, toward a truer recognition of and a larger concession

In to the rights of conscience ; and these days, when all men are free to exercise the right of private judg

r r S ment in matte s of faith , and the suppo t of a tate church , like religion itself, must be accepted as a purely personal responsibility, accountable to no earthly

r t ibunal , we cannot but feel thankful to the men whose

n r r ster unyielding dete mination was rema kable, who suffe d b a nd tritun hed in n ot re , led, p a struggle which ’ ’ ‘ H zs zomml I 9

S r r r ou only saved cotland , but eally secu ed the eligi s

freedom of England . T he history of the Covenanters has been frequently

t r f r writ en, and their lives and times ve y di fe ently esti mated ; but for many years past the tone of Scottish literature in reference to them has been in general ’ W l ' o . S s on S ir ter s und and healthy cotland s great , a

r r o S cott, had imbibed st ong p ejudices against the C ve n anters o r r v , which f und utte ance in his celeb ated no el “ ” ld r or ro o of O Mo tality, a w k that excited a p f und

a r 1 8 1 6 sensation on its ppearance in the yea , and did m r r b efOIe or o e than any other publication , eithe since, t o throw an air of ridicule on the sayings and doings

o r r of the C venante s , and to pictu e their deeds in the garb of fanaticism . It provoked numerous reviews

r and pamphlets , and c eated a thorough discussion of — the whole history n ot the least important of which ‘ ’ “ was Dr M Crie s masterly Vindication of the C ove ” n an ters , a defence which produced a deep and lasting impression on the public and told with tremendous

f S o r U e fect, so much so that c tt, then the G eat nknown , had to defend his own book by the singu lar method of a review of it in T he Q uarterly ; but it failed most sign ally in shaking the p opular belief that those men who had suff ered so bravely for conscience sake were

rt wo hy of the highest esteem .

Ou r r r intention, howeve , is not to eview the con

trovers to y, but content ourselves at present with the records to be gleaned from the tombstones in the 1 0 T omés lones o Me C r/ma ' f o ma s .

A - o r uld Kirkyard , on the hill side , am ng the moss, o T far away in the solitary dell . hese recall to ou r

mind the men and their deeds with a simple , touch

r ing pathos , which appeals to the unde standing , and

r r r th ills the heart. Ve y rude and unlette ed the in

s cri tion s are o r p mostly , like the voice of ne c ying ”— in the wilderness , but their very simplicity is more in keeping with the characters of the unassuming, long- suffering men than a more stately structure with

r N r o o an elabo ate dedication . o insc ipti ns thr ughout

in few n a the land seem to tell so much so , plain , u in T dorn ed l es . here is a severe truthfulness about

m r ff r r the which st ikes home , and they di e f om all

r r are othe s in this pa ticular distinctio—n, that they a memorial of glory and of infamy the names of the martyr and the persecutor in conjunction on the same “ ” ’ — n stone the weary at rest, with a ation s blessing ” “ e as the remembrance of the killing tim s , as they ’ r were aptly designated, and a nation s exec ation on

the chief actors in an age of savage cruelty . T he name for ever associated as the leading spirit

o m in the hist ry of these ruthless campaigns, was Graha “ S o o of Claverhouse, best known in c tland as Bl ody ” z Claverhouse, who, for his eal in hunting down the D Covenan ters , was created Viscount undee, and made

n A n r o w o a Privy Cou cillor. other not less noto i us , h se S ir T o n ame is found on many a gravestone, was h mas

o ru fﬁan r o Dalzell, of Binns , a fer cious , wo se in s me n r respects, if that were possible, tha Clave house him

‘ I2 Tomészmes o oven e f C a n t rs . entrusted to them although there is in the character of Douglas the redeeming feature that he forsook his W III. party, served with distinction under illiam , and bitterly lamented the cruelties of which he had been

In of the agent . addition to the names the perse cu t rs or o on the gravestones, some mention is rec ded

r fl of the memo able scenes of con ict, the rising at

P Dr o entland , umclog, and the battle of B thwell

T he r r r Bridge . efe ences will be better unde stood by

r giving a b ief outline of the history . Charles the S econd had scarcely been restored to the throne, when he utterly repudiated the engage ments into which he had entered in the days of his adversity to uphold and maintain the P resbyterian o m r f r of Chu ch Government , and the Covenanted

r r r work of R efo mation . He esolved to overtu n the

P P re whole fabric of resbyterianism , and to set up

in or lacy its stead , which the great maj ity of the

r T h S cottish people hated as much as P ope y itself. e A Covenants were declared unlawful, and the cts of A ssembly approving of them abrogated as seditious ; the Opposition to Episcopal Church government was denounced as seditious the clergy who had been a d mitted to livings subsequent to the abolition of patron age were declared to have no title to them , and were required within four months to obtain presentations r r r i f om the pat ons and collation f om the bishop , w th assurance that if they did not comply they would be e T h j ected by military force. e consequence of this / 7 H is torica l In k 042215 15071 . I3

1 66 2 o edict was that about the end of , n fewer than

0 0 r u r 4 cle gymen threw p their livings , rathe than do violence to their convictions ; hence arose the practice n of holding meeti gs for public worship in the ﬁelds, which became so obnoxious to Government that an A ct was passed prohibiting the ej ected ministers from approaching within twenty miles of their former parishes , and declaring it seditious for any person to

r r cont ibute to their suppo t . T he people dis regarded the edict of the drunken ’ r E r Com and infu iated a l of Middleton , the King s

o r e missi ne , who at that time swayed the d stinies of

o a min is S c tland, and whose chief colleague in the d tration A r S r des was chbishop ha p, between whom a p otism was set up such as S cotland had never suffered r r f om befo e . S harp was the m oving power of the

r o r r r of r pe secuti n, he was forme ly pa ish ministe C ail,

r an w as had swo n to uphold the Covenant , d chosen conﬁdential commissioner to plead the P resbyterian in L cause ondon , instead of which he acted with

r r treache ous duplicity, assuring his f iends that the rumoured intention o f the King to set up P relacy in ” a ma lici u s lie i r Scotland was o , wh le it is mo e than probable its attempted restoration took place at his

r r suggestion . He received the ewa d of his apostacy in being raised to the A rchiepiscopal S ee of S t

A r and P r of n nd ews , imate S cotland , but his cou try “ ” men ca nonised him as Judas Sharp . Notwithstan ding the unrelenting severity of the 1 Tomés tones o Me Coveﬂa ﬂte 4 f rs .

times , the great body of the people remained faithful ; they refused to abandon their old pastors and wait on the ministrations of the ignorant cu rates who occupied

. r r their pulpits Hence ﬁnes, imp isonments, to tures ,

r r o and death were eso ted to , and the pe ple on several

r r occasions we e goaded to repel agg ession , and assert

r r thei rights and libe ties with arms in their hands . “ T Bishop Burnet writes of the curates generally, hat they were the worst preachers he ever heard ; they

r r m were igno ant to a rep oach, and any of them openly

r r r vicious ; they we e a disgrace to thei o der, and to

r e the sac ed function , and were ind ed the dregs and ” r refuse of the northe n parts .

A r S med conventicles now began to pring up, as the people were forced to carry arms for safety and self defence . T he Government determined to crush them

for r 0 0 0 and this pu pose a standing army of 3 infantry,

8 o r and tro ps of cavalry, we e sent to the insubordinate

r or r r r dist icts , with de s to maintain their fo ces by f ee

r r r N n conforrnis s r D qua te s f om o t . Gene al alziel as

r sumed the chief command , his congenial subo dinate

on r being Sir James T urner . A s time rolled it b ought r 1 666 r new rigou , and by the year the eign of terror instituted by the P rivy Council had reached a stage

Of reﬁnement and perfection not previously attained . On the l gth November of that year the ﬂames of insurrection b roke out without any premeditation or

r r conce t, and we e purely accidental , but ultimately led ’ T r to serious consequences . A party of urne s soldiers, ‘ f 1 H is torica l Ia li ocla czi oa . 5

’ D stati oned at S t J ohn s clachan of alry, in Galloway, conﬁscated a patch o f corn belonging to a poor old

r r man , and th eatened him with pe sonal vengeance unless he paid the balance of Chu rch ﬁnes charged

r o coven antin against him . A t this junctu e f ur g refugees

n e entered the village in search of food . O of these

f r o had su fe ed much persecuti n , and felt sympathy for his fellow -sufferer ; but they sm othered their

r . o r r feelings and withd ew S on afte , tidings eached them that the soldiers had stripped the poor man naked

o n him in his own h use, with the intention of subjecti g

r T o n o to tortu e . hey c uld remain patient longer,

r but hastened to remonstrate with the soldie s , who

r r A r r told them not to inte fe e. fte a brief alte cation , A several countrymen entered the house . general

r o ﬁght of short du ation ensued, and the tro pers were A was made prisoners and disarmed. council of war f held , a march was resolved upon , and day a ter ‘ the the council a force of z o o infantry and 50 horsemen

r Ir . muste ed at ongray Church, the place of rendezvous S ir James T urner was taken prisoner at Dumfries on

I th N n o the s ovember, the Gover ment tro ps captured an d disarmed, without injury to any of them, except one man who offered resistance and was severely

ro wounded . T hey afterwards went to the C ss an d ’ drank the King s health . When the Edinburgh Covenanters heard of the

D r u r rising at al y , many tho ght it prematu e, but

s in ce it had occurred that it ou ght to be supported. 1 6 Tomos loa os o Mo ooi f Co za a lom.

A r r esolution was adopted to march towa ds the capital. T he irregu lar force gained accessions as they passed

u r r through Cumnock and M i ki k , and had increased to 2 0 0 0 men as they reached Lanark ; but when they

r E r ff r r came nea dinbu gh had fallen off, and su e ed f om

o e er . In numer us d s tions this dilemma , they learned

r D o n r that Gene al alziel was following their t ack , and

of r in the dead night the wande ing host, faint with

r r P hunge and fatigue, etreated to the entland Hills , and encamped on the celebrated table land of R ullion

r r r er the a 8 h G een, whe e they we e encount ed on t

No r D 0 0 0 r vembe by alziel, at the head of 3 soldie s ,

r u t and after a gallant esistance were p t o ﬂight . A bout

0 r 1 0 n 5 we e killed on the ﬁeld, and some 3 take

r o r r rw r p is ne s, the half of whom we e afte a ds executed

r r . Of as t aitors , and the est banished those who

r escaped, the g eater number refused to take the oath

r or of indemnity, and we e thencef th pursued as fugi

T r ir tives and outlaws . hose who spa ed S James

’ T urner s life had no such mercy meted out to them .

A r S ar T he scaffold was set up , and chbishop h p was determined that it should not be cheated of its victims .

’ P en tlan d s dark da w as vi to r for Dal ell y c y z , ” G os el for S ar and la w for L auderd ale. p h p,

’ T he Kin g s A dvocate was ordered to proceed against

1 I r c . T p isoners , when qui k despatch was made hey t were found guilty and hanged, their heads and righ ‘ ‘ l 1 l zi I H is zorica a rozla c oi z. 7 — hands to be cut off the latter because they had been

u r w L raised p in ene ing the covenant at anark . N 0 information could be obtained which showed

r io o the ebell n ther than a sudden rising, unconcerted

r w and unp epared ; yet, not ithstanding, they were de t ermin ed to extract a confession from some prisoners to r r o l for h suit thei pu p se, and se ected two torture wit

Neils on Corsack the Boots . T hese were and Hugh ‘ M Kail- 2 6 r the latter a young man yea s of age , the o usted minister of Bothwell . A t this time the Earl of R othes had supplanted ’ Middleton as King s Commissioner. He had some

n r o kindliness in his atu e, but his educati n had been neglected and his habits were dissipated and licentious ; and he was compelled against his better sense to con tinu e the system of violence and oppression to which

for S r l he succeeded, with ha p as his col eague there

‘ was no hope of mercy . M Kail was found guilty of

r t eason , and sentenced to be executed at Edinburgh

r r on 2 2 n d D r. A Ma ket C oss, the ecembe fter this

R o r r r an d thes made a p og ess th ough the west, many

’ p ers on s were executed .

A of S 1 66 gleam hope came to cotland in 7 , when

E r L r T w the a ls of aude dale , eedale, and Kincardine,

Sir R rr with obert Mu ay, were placed at the head of affairs S harp disgraced for proven duplicity ; the

E r R r fﬁ a l of othes emoved from o ce as Commissioner,

- L D and the gentle minded eighton, Bishop of unblane ,

T an d taken into conﬁdence , while urner was dismissed, L' 1 8 Tomés toa c l g s of a Cooca a i zlcrs .

an in demnity proclaimed to those who had fought at

R ullion Green . A searching examination was made

. D ru fﬁan into military excesses alziel , the hoary old ,

rm r i was screened, and the sto descended upon su b o d

d r . T r ina es urne admitted the charges , but he pleaded r R S the autho ity of letters from othes and harp . T he o calm, h wever, was treacherous , and soon

r . T he I A ct re b oken ndulgence was passed, which a ppointed to their parishes those ousted ministers who had not been guilty of any breach of the peace permitted them to meet in P resbytery put them under

r n st ict surveilla ce, and enj oined them to keep to the bounds of their own parishes . S ome accepted the the conditions, but a far larger number contended for

o Covenant. Field meetings became more comm n ,

A n and were watched with peculiar j ealousy. edict

n was passed prohibiting conventicles , and maki g a ’ r Notwithstan d preacher s attendance a capital c ime.

w r r ing , they gre and multiplied , and for nea ly ten yea s the authorities durst only proceed against those who frequented them by the occasional exaction of a heavy ﬁne . But ﬁercer elements began soon to mingle with an d embitter those comparatively peaceful scenes . Lauderdale had climbed the summit of glory of which E h his sordid nature was capable , entered the nglis

r D r Cabinet , and been c eated a uke ; mar ied that n roﬂi ate D r otorious p g , the Countess of ysart, his ﬁ st r wife having died neglected and forsaken in P a is . H e

‘ T c 2 0 omos oa cs of Mo Cooei za iz/ors .

1 6 n ew t May, 7 9 , furnished the Government with a tes — “ ’ to be applied to all suspected persons Is Sharp s ” death murder or not P T he persecution waxed hotter

r. T 0 S l r and hotte harp, in the counci and cou t, suc ceeded Sir the celebrated advocate , George Mackenzie ,

r L r a distinguished lawyer and law reforme , appointed o d

A 1 6 r P r dvocate in 7 4, and p omoted to the ivy Council 1 in 6 7 7 . He was a ﬁerce despot in his persecution o f the Covenanters, and unscrupulous in his disregard of the laws to answer the purpose of the Government, w hich he carried out with such a peculiar energy of hatred as to become best known in S cotland as the

Blu id e It e y Mackenzie . was soon after this tim that Graham of Claverhouse appeared in the ﬁeld : a man ﬁtted for gathering up the gleanings of a harvest

of conﬁscation and blood . Garrisons were placed in the west and south - west o f S cotla nd to scour the country in search of ﬁeld t meetings, and summarily to put to death all tha

n offered resistance . O the wild district between Lanark and A yr a series of meetings had been held from the beginnin g of Febru ary for no less than twenty weeks in succession . Oftener than once they were

approached by the soldiers, but their numbers and a A t rmed condition kept them at bay. last it was

determined to take steps to vindicate their conduct . On the a sth May a conventicle was held on a m A A n oor in vondale. fter the sermo , it was resolved t hat something further should be done as a testimony ’ N is i orica l Ia lroa a ction . 2 I

T a gainst the iniquity of the times . wo days after the

r o r decla ati n was published, G aham of Claverhouse,

r w r off a med ith full powe s , set in search of its pub l r r S r ishers . His ﬁ st se vice in cotland was to su prise a conventicle at Galashiels ; his next exploit was at

r r D umclog. He had hea d of a conventicle to be

London r held at Hill, and was determined to supp ess P it . R obert Hamilton , of reston, as leader of the

n r 2 0 r Cove ante s, with 5 ho se and foot, set out to meet him A t D . the swamps of rumclog they met face to

r o T h face with Clave h use and his dragoons . e troops

r r ﬁ ed ﬁ st ; the Covenanters accepted the challenge ,

S s r pla hed across the swamp, and g appled with the e nemy hand to hand and foot to foot, ﬁghting for

ll ma T he a that n holds dear . dragoons wavered a nd r broke , and Claverhouse ﬂed with the shatte ed remains of his troopers . T here were about forty

r r n killed, and a conside able numbe wounded and take T he r was prisoners . loss to the Covenante s probably I ten or t welve men . t was the ﬁrst and last battle

ever lost by Claverhouse . T he success at Drumclog took the Covenanters as

r well as the public by su prise , but it soon became evident they were not equal to the crisis they had

r T n i r re c eated . housa ds joined the r anks, but they we

T f r mostly undisciplined . hey had some able o ﬁce s ,

n D o but no leadi g mind . isc rd and disputed points

r a of controve sy weakened their councils, they were

r d n fo ce of badly arme men , had made no preparatio l i c / Tomos loa cs of / Covena n t om. in providing ammunition or procuring provisions for

r a the dreadful contest in which they we e eng ged , but wasted their opportunity in furious discussions on

Chu rch polemics , and galling recriminations . Only three weeks elapsed and the R oyalists im proved their forces to the best advantage . T hey turned out of the way and recruited their ranks to

men , with four pieces of artillery, under the

Duke of Monmouth . With the Covenanters the three w n eeks had bee spent in the worst possible manner.

T u hey were weary and chafed , and dissension sprung p a g A mong them as bitter as a ainst the common foe . las for T he R r that doomed host leader, obe t Hamilton, a own ppointed by his presumption, was a brave, well d - r isposed, but narrow minded man, enti ely wanting in the qualiﬁcations necessary for a prudent com

r mande ; a panic spreading decimated their numbers ,

as it turned out, ill provided with ammunition ; and in this sad state they had to meet a disciplined army at

2 n Bothwell Bridge on the 2 d June . F oran hou r they d efended the Bridge bravely, but they were over

r A powered by numbe s and driven off. fter that they

yielded like snow to the charge of the Life Guards . It soon ceased to be a battle, and became a

s butchery. Claverhouse encouraged his men to exces

o f 1 2 . T cruelty . 0 0 men threw down their arms hey were stripped nearly naked an d forced to lie on the

r If n . g ound . one raised his head he was insta tly shot A bout 40 0 perished in all some Of whom had n o ’ ' ’ 2 H is toi ica l I72l7 0tl 2t 5 li072 . 3

a r . ms, but had come to the camp to hear a sermon

' ’ T he victory was complete, and but for Monmouth s

interference the carnage would have been frightful . r It T he results of the battle were most disast ous . led to a more severe and systematic oppression on the It r part of the Government. d ove the persecuted

into deeper seclusion , and produced extravagance of

a n action and langu ge, which can o ly be excused by

r T he the barbarous t eatment. execution of the laws w as committed wholly and absolutely to soldiers . T hey had no limited instructions, but had power and

r and express orde s to go through the country kill, T with full indemnity against consequences . hese dark days are still known in Scotland as “ T he Killing T ” imes . Some of the incidents will appear in n otes I i to the Gravestone nscr ptions , and need not be r fi epeated here . Suf ce it to say that nearly twenty thousand is the number estimated to have perished

d or caff by ﬁre , or swor , water, or on the s old, or to

r have been banished . Many died f om hunger and exposure within the caves and dens in which they

r I ~ e me sec eted themselves . t s e d as if some plague

was had passed over the country, so great the sacri ﬁce of life, and so deep and bitter the desolation .

h n T e storms of a lo g night passed when James II. S t R 1 68 8 ﬂed to Germains at the evolution of , and

W n . illiam , P ri ce of Orange, reigned in his stead ’ P r S cotland s reign of terror was over . resbyte ianism

d E o u was restore , pisc pacy abolished, the hateful c rates t t 2 4 T omos ozzcs of /zo Covoi za i ztcm.

m r re had ﬂed , and any of the ej ected pasto s were instated in thei r parishes . T he m oors and kirkyards were visited only for the purpose of planting stones

n ow of remembrance , and to them we turn, as not the least interesting chapter of the history

’ R ea d ou r Co vena n t fat hers fait h In the A u ld Kirkyard ; ’ O n t he ron i les 0 deat ch c h ,

In he A u ld irk ard t K y .

S ee the Bible and the s w ord , ’ O er t he persecu t ing h orde

T ell t he t riu m s of t he Lo rd ph , ” n he u ld i rk ard I t A K y . T O M B S T O N E S

O F T HE

C V E N A N T O E R S .

R U L L IO N G R E E N .

’ T he P ilgrim s feet h ere o ft w ill tread ’ O er t is se u est ered s en e h q c ,

’ T o mark w h ere S c ot land s martyrs lie ” ln lonel R u llion G r en y e .

H E P - battle of entland ,was fought at

R r ullion G een , a little to the south of T urnhouse Hill , on the slope of the P n entlands , about seven miles a d a half r E r l n f om dinbu gh , in the parish of G e cors e. T he place where the conﬂict took place is a gently r o r r ising gr und, sepa ated f om the higher ridge of the P an entlands , and commands extensive view of the r ichly wooded and cultivated country around. A plantation of ﬁrs now co vers the more immediate

n scene of the e gagement, in the centre of which is ( 2 5 ) 2 6 T omés toa cs o t/co ooci za zt f C i ors .

’

S . It erected the Covenanters tone is small in size, r u r ca ef lly enclosed with a substantial i on railing, some

r r ﬁve or six feet high , put up by the p op ietor, the

R . I P ight Hon John nglis, resident of the Court of

S ession .

on a 8 h 1 T e t N v. h b o , 666 attle was fought the ,

for and pro ved disastrous the Covenanters . A bout

r r r ﬁfty we e slain, and as many more taken p isone s .

S r everal are eported to have been shot in their ﬂight, and were buried in P enicuik and Glencorse church yards . T he Covenanters were under the command of

o W r C lonel James allace , an expe ienced soldier, his

- men were a handful of worn out, undisciplined , and

r badly armed count ymen , ill ﬁtted to stand against

rw an ove helming number of regular troops ; yet, notwithstanding his disadvantage , he fought a well

o c ntested ﬁght, and for a time the struggle seemed likely to favour the Covenanters, who held their ground in three several contests which lasted some

r r . hours , but were fo ced to give way to supe ior forces Were you at P entland ? became henceforth a tes t for all suspected persons , and the pretext for many a dark deed of blood . T he bodies of those killed in battle lay for a night

a and a d y on the ground unburied, after being stripped of their clothes by the soldiers and barbarians of the

r district. Most of them were bu ied where the grave stone now stands .

2 8 ozzzos torzos o Mo oo’ oa a i ztcr f C r.

He re A n d near to this place lyes the ' R eve rend M John cro okshank Ir ° and rn A ndrew m cormick ministers Of the Gospel and A bout ﬁfty other true coven anted P resbyterians who were killed In this place In their own In ocen t self defence and def fence of the c o v e n a n t e d w o rk o f R e fo r m a t i o n B y T homas Dalz eel of Bins upon T he 2 8 of november - 1 666. R ev 1 2 1 1 Er . . ected

2 8 1 8 . Sept. 7 3

On the other side

A W Cloud of itnesses lyes here , ’ Wh r I r t o for Ch ist s nte es did appear, F or to R estore true Liberty

O verturned them by tyrrany . A n d by proud P rela ts who did R age ’ A gainst the Lord s Own heritage . T hey sacriﬁced were for the laws

O f r o . Ch ist their king, his n ble cause T hese heroes fought with great renown r r By falling got the ma tyrs c own . D M R U C L O G.

W en t he lan o f t he on fli t ru n o n t he eat h c g c c g h h ,

A n d t he w a t w ord of freedom rose ch , ’ L ike the t on es of eaven on the s a i nt s las t b reat h , h, ’ F a r far o er t he b a t tle n otes of dea th , , ” ar his las ose A s he so ed to t rep .

WO London miles east of Hill , on an

v r extensive heathy and e dant fell , upon a piece of ground between the farms

of Dr S tob oside High umclog and , was

f Dr Is t ought the Battle of umclog, on June,

1 67 9 . T he royal troops were commanded by Graham of

r o Clave h use, who had earned high distinction in the

r r a mies of France and Holland , and was ma ked out f or favour in bein g appointed captain of one of the three troops of horse which the Government were then

r n R o raising. F om this time dow to the ev lution , Claverhouse contin ued to be chief military commis s ion er in the west country, to keep in check , and ul t o timately his obj ect was exterminate, the Cove n an ters wh m , o he hated with a violence of hatred ( 2 9) 0 Tomés tozccs o lli o ove 3 f C na n ters . w r Of r I o thy a G and nquisitor, and spared no toil or

r r labou to execute his fell pu pose. T his was the

r m ﬁ st time of meeting the face to face , and the ﬁrst

' n d la s r h a t battle ever lost by Clave house . Had e succeeded in gaining a victory, a fearful butchery D would have crimsoned the swamp of rumclog, as his ” o N0 watchw rd on that day was quarter. T hose of the Covenanters who were killed on the

ﬁeld , or died afterwards of their wounds, were buried

L Newmilns S in the churchyards of oudon, , trathaven , L w S tonehouse, and esmahago , and will be remem ” bered as we pass through the Covenanting Land . It was n ot till 1 8 3 9 that any memorial was erected on the ﬁeld in remembrance of the Battle of

n Drumclog. I that year a n umber of gentlemen formed a committee to raise funds for a suitabl e

‘ ' n c ommemoration , but disse sions sprung up as to S what form it should take . ome wished it to be

-r t useful , and suggested a school oom for the distric around others that it should be simply a monument ; and the result was that both were erected . T he school-room is a plain two - storey house close n to the monument . O a stone slab over the entrance are the words

1 8 39 . O n D the battle ﬁeld of rumclog, T his seminary of education wa s E rected in memory of those r Ch istian heroes, who on D ru mclog . 3 1

S Is t 1 6 abbath, the of June, 7 9 , Nob ly fought in defence of b r Civil and religious li e ty. D u ie et mon droit.

T he names of the Committee who built the school

are r house appended to the insc iption .

T he r 2 monument was a Gothic st ucture , 3 feet

’ desi n ed b R o T r r high , g y bert hom, a chitect and builde ,

. T he o n ot r Glasgow st ne was du able , and soon

l r r began to decay, and ﬁna ly c umbled into uins .

T he r R ev. A . . R r inscription , w itten by the M oge

D R P r son, arvel, a eformed resbyterian ministe , who

o took a prominent part in its erection , was a p nderous

ff ffi to r e usion, su cient have crushed a towe of more I weighty an d durable material . t ran as follows

Erected In commemoration of the glorious triumph r of o r Gained by a pa ty S cottish C venante s , r r r h o O ve the fe ocious G aham of Claver use ,

A n d r oo Ist 1 6 . his bloody d ag ns , on June , 7 9 T he v of grand results , ci il and ecclesiastic , the R 1 6 8 1 6 eformation attained to, between 3 and 49 , Were highly valued

By the heroes of the Covenant . R ather than be involved in the apostacy Of the perjured Charles A n d P r r his relatic Counsello s, they endu ed his P r ra e secuting ge, they resisted unto blood S tr r iving against sin , they rej oiced that they we e o n f for C u ted worthy to su fer shame his name, W r L r ho n L . is King of Ki gs, and o d of o ds ° lli o oci za i tc . 3 Tombs tozzos of Co z m’

A ttacked by the R oyal Mercenaries n h S h o er O t e Holy abbat , alth ugh neith wa r n or w w t T rained t o , ell supplied i h arms , ’ T r i n o God hey t usted Jac b s , h r In whose name they had displayed t eir banne s . D v S r e f A nimated by the i ine pi it, and by fe lings o h r r o z for T e pu est pat i tism , and eal the r Glo y of God , T hey waxed valiant in ﬁght, A n ro h r i d uted t ei vaunting assa lants, o f T he enemies of God and their country . S tern inﬂexible men I T hey imprinted the image of their character O n the destinies of the nation T hey b ore the burden and heat o f the day r r r We have ente ed into thei labou s .

r T he L . T he L ord is a man of wa . ord is his name

T h r d 0 L o or in ow . y ight han , ord , is bec me gl ious p er T h r 0 L r y ight hand , o d , hath dashed in pieces the

E . 6. enemy. xodus xv 3 ,

T he inscription occupied the four sides , and cele b rated the name of the minister who p reached a

’ ’ i / n sermon from Hebrews xi. and 34 Ii a x ca va lia t ” i n i /i t h j g , w en a collection was made to assist its erection ; and the names of others who had taken a n

active interest in the building . In 1 8 66 a movement was set on foot to build a new monument with a more

r simple and suitable insc iption , which resulted in the

r 2 few beautiful g anite obelisk 5 feet high , a yards to

o - n the east of the sch ol house . O the south face is inscribed D ru mclog . 33

IN COMM EMORA T ION o r T H E V ICT OR Y OBT A IN E D ON T H IS BA T T LE F IELD ON S A BBA T H T H E IS T or JUNE 1 67 9 BY OUR COVENA N T ING F OR E FA T H ER S OVE R GR A H A M or CLA VE R H OUS E

A ND H Is DRA GOONS .

On the north face

1 E R ECT ED IN 8 39 . 1 R EBUILT IN 8 67 . D E IN B U R G H .

“ T he A u ld G re friers ! ome ra ise w e the son y c , g T o the martyrs o f o ld w ho i n b at t le w ere s t ro ng ; ’ ’ ho aft w i the eads man s w ild voi e i n t eir ears W h c h , , ’ ” e ru m o the Lord i n t he A u ld G re friars Blew th t p y .

H E most memorable event associated with ’ Of r r a E the history G eyf i rs Church, din

in burgh, was the great public act signing the National Confession and Covenant

n 2 8 th r 1 6 8 . T o the Feb uary, 3 his memorable deed

A r f was prepared by lexander Henderson , leade o

A o the clergy, and rchibald Johnst n , afterwards of

arri on W st , an advocate in whom the suppliants r L chieﬂy conﬁded, and revised by Balme ino, oudon , It r u and R othes . was swo n with plifted hands , and subscribed in the church by thousands of the nobility,

r gentry, bu gesses , ministers of the Gospel, and com

A r mons assembled from all parts of Scotland . fte it

r had gone the round of the whole chu ch , it was taken It ou t to be signed by the crowd in the churchyard. was spread upon a ﬂat sto ne to be read and subscribed by all who could get near it . No monument within the ground attracts so much ’ r attention as the marty s gravestone, erected at the ( 34)

36 Tombs tones of tbc Covena n ters .

r Of shelter, and supported on a mise able allowance bread and water ; the inhabitants being prohibited r r f om supplying thei wants , either as to meal, money,

n 1 N 2 6 or clothing . O the 5 th ovember, 5 were taken to Leith and put on b oard a vessel to be carried to

T he on the plantations in A merica . vessel sailed the

2 th r o O 7 , but was w ecked on the c ast of rkney on the

h D r 2 0 0 . rot ecember, when upwa ds of perished

r r r S ome of the emaining p isoners we e tried, con demn ed , and executed ; the remainder, upon signing

r b . bonds, obtained thei li erty T he monument is erected near to the place of in termen t r u r of those who suffe ed d ring the pe secution , ’ an d r r r were buried in G eyf ia s Churchyard, in that portion of grou nd where the bodies of criminals we re n i terred , allusion to which is made in the inscription as follows

al r H t , passenge , take heed what you do see T his tomb doth shew for what some men did die ’ Here lies in terr d the dust of those who stood ’ n Gai st perjury, resisting unto blood ; A dhering to the Covenants and laws ; Establishing the same which was the cause ’ T heir lives were sacriﬁc d unto the lust ’ Of P relatists abjur d T hough here their dust L r r r r w ies mixt with mu de e s and other c e , W r hom justice j ustly did to death pu sue. But as for them no cause was to be found Worthy of death but only they were found

Constant and steadfast, zealous , witnessing For the P rerogatives of Christ their King E clin bn rg b . 3 7

’ ’ W s eal d o r hich truths were by fam us Guth ie s head, ’ A n d all al ong to Mr R enwick s blood T e r r h y did endu e the w ath of enemies , R r r r ep oaches, to ments, deaths, and inj u ies . ’ But yet they re those who from such troubles came A n d now triumph in glory with the Lamb .

r 2 1 66 1 No r F om May 7 , , that the Most ble Ma quis A r 1 r ar 1 68 8 of gyle was beheaded , to the 7 th Feb u y, , Mr R w r r on e or that James en ick suffe ed , we e way o ther murdered and destroyed for the same cause o of r ab ut eighteen thousand, whom we e executed at E r o n e u o dinbu gh about h ndred of n blemen , gentle r r r men , ministe s, and othe s , noble marty s for Jesus

r T h r . Ch ist. e most of them lie he e

On r a carved stone, rep esenting an open Bible, is inscribed

R ev 6- . 9 . A n d when he had opened the ﬁfth

, I r seal saw under ! the alta the souls of them that Were slain for Wor for the d of God, and the

testimony which they held . A n d r w t o they c ied i h a l ud voice, H ow n 0 L r o saying, lo g, o d, h ly r o ho and t ue, d st t u not judge and avenge ou r blood on them that dwell on the earth ? A n d white robes were given to e v ery on e of them : and it was said unto them that they should r for est yet a little season , until their fellow- servants also and 8 To s tbc 3 mb tones of Covena n ters .

r their breth en , that should be r killed as they we e , should be

fulﬁlled . 1 T are Chap . vii . 4. hese they which came out Of r great t ibulation , and hav e r washed their obes , and made them white in the blood of the L amb .

1 0 . Chap . ii . Be thou faithful unto death , and I

will give thee a crown of life.

T he above monument was ﬁrst erected by James P 1 0 6 Currie, merchant, entland, and others , in 7 1 1 renewed in 7 7 .

’ A s r you enter the chu chyard from Greyfriars P lace ,

n ou goi g north along the east side, a few steps bring y to the burial place of one of the persecuted ministers

R — Law r who survived the evolution John , o dained

1 6 6 r minister of Campsie in 5 , but driven f om his

1 662 A ct charge in , by of the Council at Glasgow, for refusing to conform to P relacy on the establishment o f that form of Church government . He continued to preach about Kippen , Gargunnock, and Monteith , although exposed to constant trouble and s u ff ering .

r r He was app ehended for ﬁeld p eaching, and com

mi te . t d to the tolbooth , but was not long conﬁned

In b 1 6 r r Fe ruary, 7 9 , troops we e dist ibuted over the country for executing the laws against house and

n r for ﬁeld conve ticles , and strict sea ch was made In intercommuned ministers and ﬁeld preachers . on e

Law of these searches, was arrested in the house of ’ E a in ba rg b . 39

L r the ai d of Kincaid, where he had come to see his

a r wife , who was d nge ously ill ; and although her recovery was pronounced hopeless by her medical attendants, he was not allowed to see her, but was

r E r sent di ect to dinbu gh by a guard of soldiers, where he was sentenced by the Council to imprisonment r i in the Bass, but was libe ated in July, w th other

r r n l p isone s , upon giving security to appear whe ca led upon .

A r th fter the thi d indulgence of June 7 was published, 1 68 in July, 7 , a meeting of ministers from diff eren t parts of the country who had agreed to accept the

in E r an d La indulgence was held dinbu gh, w, with

r r th ee othe ministers , was called to take the pastoral

P r r E r charge of the esbyte ians of dinbu gh . A R n fter the evolution , whe the Church emerged

r r f om pe secution , he and other three ministers were T appointed by the own Council, ministers of the

2 th 1 68 City, on 4 July, 9 , although he was not settled

r r 2 0 th A 1 6 2 in any pa ticula church till the of pril , 9 , when the T own Council appointed him to the New

r N r . ur Chu ch , being the o th Church Here he labo ed

I 0 w till 7 7 , hen , through age and inﬁrmity, he demitted i P his charge nto the hands of the resbyt ery. He died

a 6 h D 1 1 2 8 0 u in th t ecember, 7 , aged , and was b ried e ’ W ll n Greyfriars , where his son i iam erected a mo ument i in in n to his memory, wh ch bears the follow g scriptio “ n T he E a an in Latin , and is tra slated in pit phs d ’ I r r r Monumental nscriptions in Greyf iars Chu chya d, nes o tbe ven a n 40 Tombs to f Co ters .

1 8 6 W c . e ollected by James Brown , 7 give the translation as preferable for general readers

o r o f r T the memo y his most excellent pa ents, Mr OH N LA W J , a most prudent and vigilant pastor of the Church E r f r at dinbu gh, distinguished by his zeal o pure

religion , and his unfeigned piety ; and IS A ELLA CUN IN M E B GH A , ff W for his a ectionate ife, noted true holiness, and the o r r rnament of a meek and quiet spi it, who, p essing r r f o al towa ds the joys of ete nal li e, laid aside m rt ity 2 6 h D 1 t A D. 1 2 the former on the ecember, , 7 , in his 8 oth year ; 8 th N 1 h r A . D. 0 e the latter on the ovember, , 7 3 , in T 7 oth year. his Monument was dedicated by W Law r on . illiam , thei S V I K N O R T H B E R V C .

Dread rock ! thy life i s t w o et ern it ies — T he las t i n a i r t he fo rm er i n the deep ; — F i rs t w i t h the w h ales las t w i t h t he eagle skies Drow n ed w ast t ho u t ill an earth qu a ke made t hee st eep 1 ” A no t r an n b o h iant si e he c ot w t y g z .

H E R o abiu tl Bass ck , rising p y to the height of four hundred and twenty feet

o two ab ve the level of the sea , about

r r r miles f om the sho e, and th ee miles

r r r N r w east f om the ancient oyal bu gh of o th Ber ick, is one of the most striking obj ects on entering the mouth of the F ort h . It would appear that this island at one time formed “ r r r a parish, and that the pa ish ki k in the C aig of the

r r t Baldred Bass was consec ated in honou of S , and may have been occasionally frequented as a place of worship up to the R eformation . It was used as a “ strength or fortiﬁed place so

r 1 0 r r r ea ly as 4 5 , when it affo ded a tempo ary ret eat to

R r III. r r James, youngest son of obe t , befo e emba king ’ - r on his ill fated expedition , captu e, and nineteen years ( 41 ) 2 T e e 4 ombs ton s of tbc Coven a n t rs . imprisonment and continued so during the sixteenth

o L r o century , when it ccurred to aude dale that the r ck would be an admirable place for the conﬁnement of

r r r nonconfo ming ministe s , and th ough his advice it was purchased for this purp ose by the King in

r 1 6 1 S ir A w R A o Octobe , 7 , from ndre amsay of bb ts

P r E r r hall , ovost of dinbu gh, at the extravagant p ice f r O £40 0 0 ste ling.

D r P uring the eign of relatic domination , the Bass had for its inmates almost exclusively men of piety

r r and p aye , whom a wise Government, instead of

r condemning, should have p otected and honoured .

On e of the most distingu ished prisoners was the R ev .

Blacka dder r John , lineal descendant and rep esentative

T u lliallan r of the ancient family of , f om whom he

r w r inherited the title of knight ba onet, hich he neve

. T r in assumed He was appointed minister of raquai ,

P D 1 6 2 the resbytery of umfries, in 5 , where he laboured N 1 662 A ct till ovember, , when, by the of Council at

Glasgow, he was compelled to abandon his charge for

o r his conscienti us adherence to P resbyterian p inciples .

and He continued to preach, great multitudes ﬂocked to hear him .

On 2 th 1 666 5 January , , letters of Council were directed against him and other ministers for presuming

r ze or to preach , p ay , bapti , and perf m other acts of

n r . mi iste ial function He went to Holland, where he

L for . placed his eldest son at eyden , to study a phy

sician . S n S n ome time after his retur to cotla d, he was

N ort/z B erwicb . 43

r th A r 1 68 1 n app ehended on 5 p il, , whe in bed in his

E r r own house at dinbu gh , taken befo e the Council , T and sentenced to be imprisoned in the Bass . he cell in which he was conﬁned is still pointed out,

o - r with its three small ir n bar ed windows to the west . B eing now advanced in years with a constitution enfeebled by fatigue and lab is health became ’ A r r r seriously impaired . fte fou years incarce ation , a

for petition was presented his removal, which was

A i r u refused. second appl cation was mo e successf l,

r f but befo e it could be carried into e fect, death came to him as a messenger of peace . He had thus com plered his threescore years an d three . His remains were carried from the Bass and buried

N r r in the churchyard of orth Berwick , whe e a la ge T he table stone marks the place of interment. stone

r - r in 1 8 2 1 was repaired and e lette ed July, , at the

o f r r expense seve al gentlemen in the neighbou hood . T he inscription is as follows

Blackadder r Here lies the body of Mr John , ministe T ro u eer of the gospel at q , in Galloway, who died ’ r r r A on the Bass , afte ﬁve yea s imp isonment, nno m 1 8 f r r Do . 6 o . 5 , and his age sixty th ee yea s

’ P Blest John , for Jesus sake, in atmos bound , r P P His p ison Bethel , atmos isgah found, ’ S O bless d r o the John , on yonde rock c nﬁned, ’ su ff er d His body , but no chains could bind heavenf as irin His p g soul while day by day, 44 Tombs tones of tbe Coven a n ters .

’ A s r P is ah s v f om Mount g top, he did sur ey ’ T he r view d row p omised land , and the c n by faith, L u for are aid p those who faithful till death . ’ Grace formed him in the Christian Hero s mould — ’ ’ Meek in his o wn concerns in s Master s bold ; P o R o P r assi ns to eas n chained , udence did lead ’ Z r r R n cool d . eal wa med his b east, and easo his head v r Fi e yea s on the lone rock, yet sweet abode, ’ E - He noch like enjoyed, and walk d with God ; T o n ill, by long living this heavenly food , r r too His soul by love g ew up too g eat, good

T 0 r . be confined to jail , o flesh and blood D eath broke his fetters off, then swift he fled r w n F om sin and sorro , and by a gels led, ’ E n ter d the mansions of eternal joy ; ’ r r . Blest soul , thy warfa e s done , p aise , love, enj oy r o His dust here ests , till Jesus c me again , — — E L A . ven so, blest Jesus, come come, ord men S T A N D R E W S .

T e ive his w ri t in s to the flames t e b rand his ra ve w i t h y g g , h y g h s hame A h iss i ng i n the mou th of fools beco mes his hon ou red name

A n d d arkness w ra s a w ile the land for w i he ra ed and p h , h ch p y

s t rove ,

b d n rd his d ea t —and blest hi s res ab Bu t lesse i the Lo h t ove.

A MUEL R UT HER FOR D was one of the most distinguished P resbyterian

ministers of the Covenant. He was A P settled at nwoth, in the resbytery o f

r r 1 62 r Ki kcudb ight, in 7 , whe e he exhibited in the exercise of his functions a degree of industry and A zeal almost incredible . ccustomed to rise every ’ h morning at three o clock , e spent those early hours h r . T e in p ayer, meditation , and study remainder of — the day he devo ted to his public duties to visiting the

of sick , and to the examination and encouragement f the di ferent members of his congregation . His fame brought many people from neighbourin g parishes to hear his preaching.

n in f r He took a deep i terest ecclesiastical af ai s , and n aintained a correspondence with P resbyterian z45 ) ‘ 6 T e 4 ombs tones ( y t/z Coven a nters .

r ff r o f leade s in di erent pa ts the country . He was regarded as the organ of the Church in the county d in which he resi ed, and was duly apprised of every

measure aff ecting the P resbyterian cause . Episcopacy

r having long been p edominant, severe means were

r P r R d used to e adicate resbyte ianism, and utherfor

r was too famous to be ove looked. T he Bishop of Gall oway had erected a High Court

o R of C mmission in his diocese , before which uther

1 6 6 r ford was summoned in 3 , dep ived of his pastoral

fﬁ hi r f o ce, pro bited f om o ﬁciating in his ministerial

r S capacity in any pa t of cotland, and sentenced to be conﬁned within the town of A berdeen during the ’ King s pleasure . He was a member of the famous A ssembly which 1 6 8 P met at Glasgow in 3 , and which abolished relacy and erected P resbyterianism in its stead . He was app ointed P rofessor of Divinity at St A ndrews in

1 6 t l 39 , and at his own request , minis erial col eague

r n to Mr R obert Blai . O e of eight Commissioners selected in 1 643 to represent S cotland in the West

A D r minster ssembly of ivines , whe e he was absent

r fou years , and was regarded as one of the most able

r Of A ‘ and eminent membe s that ssembly, which added

r much to his celeb ity. A t R the estoration , when the divine right of kings and passive obedience of subj ects became pre d ominant, he brought out his most celebrated work

Lex R ex Law and P D , the the rince, a iscourse for ’ S t A n a rews . 47

the Just P rerogative of King and P eople . It excited

r deep and gene al interest, and became obnoxious to

ffi r r 2 2 n d the Government, who passed an o cial o de ,

r 1 660 r r vi Octobe , , conﬁning him to his chambe , dep i ng

P r him of his offi ce as incipal of the University, seques tratin r r o r g his beneﬁts , and o de ing his bo k to be bu ned in the market place by the common hangman .

wa u t He s in feeble health, and died j st in time o avoid an ignominious death ; for he was summoned to appear before the C ouncil at Edinburgh on a

r W o cha ge of high treason . hen the summ ns came , —“ he returned for answer T ell them I have got a summons al ready before a superior Judge and j u di cator I r y, and behove to answer my ﬁ st summons , and ere your day arrive I will be where few kings and ” r A n g eat folks come . d so he passed away. He was buried in the churchyard of the cathedral at S t

A r r l o nd ews, at the bounda y wal opp site the door of

S t R T r v r r egulus owe , where a e y simple, unp etending

T he r stone marks his grave . insc iption is said to W W have been written by illiam ilson , some time

in r D schoolmaster the pa ish of ouglas, and author of “ ” S S o S r S n 1 . ome elect Meditati ns in pi itual o gs, 7 5 9

M S R

” r R r He e lyes the eve end M . S ‘ amuell R u therfoord P rofessor of Divinity in ‘ the University of S A n dreu s who Died 1 66 1 March the 2 0 . 8 To s ones o tbc ve e 4 mb t f Co na n t rs .

What tongu what P en or Skill of Men Can Famous R u therfoord Commend His Learning j ustly rasid his Fame T rue GoDlin es s A dorn d H IS Name He did converse with things A b ove A cquainted with Emmanuels Love M ost orthod He was A n d sound A n d Many Errors Did C onfound For Zions King and Zi ons Cause A n d S cotlands Covenanted LA ws M ost constantly he Did Contend Until his T ime was A t A n En d T han He wan T o the Full Fruition f T O hat which He Had seen in vision .

T he memory of R utherford is cherished as a

r A sac ed tradition in the history of nwoth , the scene r r I 1 8 of his ea ly labou s in the ministry . n 39 a meeting attended by 5 0 0 0 people from that an d

r the neighbou ing parishes, gathered together to pro

f r mote a public subscription o a memorial .

On 2 n d A 1 8 2 - the pril, 4 , the foundation stone was “ T he R o laid of a granite pyramid , called utherf rd ” It Monument . is erected on the farm of Boreland,

r r in the pa ish of A nwoth , about half a mile f om

r where he used to p each , and about the same distance T he from the Bush of Bield, where his manse stood. site is upon an eminence about half a mile from

r the a Dex the Gatehouse, and f om the surface to of 6 T he f monument is 0 feet. square O the p edestal is

r . 7 feet, with three ows of steps

0 To bs ones o tbe C ve 5 m t f o na n ters .

O r r r meeting the bj ect of thei sea ch, they we e about to

separate , when suddenly the information came that

S r ha p , who had been attending a Council , would soon

T r for pass . hey all ag eed that the time had come

r - r r ridding the wo ld of a blood thi sty ty ant, and the

r Chu ch of an implacable foe ; it seemed to them, in

r their superstitious enthusiasm , that they we e the

f r rr u chosen instruments o ca ying o t this fell purpose . S harp had only a few days previous brought before

r the Council the d aft of a new edict, which would give power to kill every man going armed t o or from a conventicle he thought there was no security for Episcopacy in S cotland while an armed Covenanter

r It was allowed to go at la ge . was tantamount to a declaration that the preaching and hearing the

for Gospel was treasonable and punishable by death , the great maj ority of the people would not attend the

r . T r n cu ates his, of cou se, was no justiﬁcatio that ’ the A rchbishop s life should be ta ken ; but so far a s

r intention stamps the character of c ime, they believed they were inﬂicting just punishment upon a wretch

r wo thy of death , and who could not be brought to justice in the ordinary way . T he spot where the murder took place is near the “ ’ S trathkin n es wn village of , and kno as the Bishop s woods . W a lain ithin an enclosure, p stone is erected to the m A emory of ndrew Guillon , a weaver, who lived on

r A Magus Mui , and when the rchbishop was attacked 1 M ag a s ﬂIn i r. 5 was called out of his house to hold the horses of those

d f r n o . O engage , but urthe he had hand in it nly a witness of the deed, he was obliged to leave his home

r and seek shelter elsewhe e , as the slightest pretext was sufﬁcient to avenge on some one a speedy retri b u tion r r . , and strike te ro among the people

u ar For fo r ye s he eluded observation, but was s 1 68 al eized in June, 3 , for his refus to drink the ’ n o King s health, but with suspicion that he knew any thing of the murder of S harp ; he was entrapped into a n r r r involunta y and indi ect confession , which fo med

r the ground of his indictment . He was decla ed ’ of A guilty the rchbishop s death , and a sentence of great severity p assed upon him T hat he be taken

' r E r cu t to the C oss of dinbu gh , have both his hands o ff of n at the foot the gallows, and then ha ged ; his

off r head to be cut and ﬁxed at Cupa , and his body to ” be carried to Magus Muir and hung up in chains . ‘ A r u n it fte his body had h g some time, was taken d own by some of his friends and buried on this spot,

o - - - r ab ut half a mile to the south east of Magus Mui .

A n in upright stone marks the grave, on which is scribed

T he Grave Ston of A ndreu Gu llin who S u ff red A t the Gallowlee of Edinburgh July 1 68 3 A fterwards was hu ng upon a pol in Magus

Muir and lyeth b iar . 2 T e Me ve er 5 ombs ton s of Co n a n t s .

A F A IT H F WL MA R T YR H ER DOT H LY A W IT N E S S A GA IN S T P E R J UR Y W H O OR UELY W A S P UT T o DEA T H T O GR A T IFY P R OUD P R ELA T Es W R A T H T H EY CUT H IS H A NDS E R E H E W A S D EA D A ND A F T E R T H A T S T R UCK O F F H Is H EA D T O MA GUS MUIR T H E Y D ID H IM B R ING H IS BODY ON A P OLE DID H IN G H IS B LOOD UNDE R T H E A LT A R CR IES ’ F R ENGEA N E ON H R I T E N EMIE O V C C S S S .

’ A few hundred yards to the west of Gu illon s grave

in an O n r stone, pe ﬁeld, lie buried ﬁve men who we e taken at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, with some

- r T twenty ﬁve other p isoners . hese ﬁve refused all

E 1 th N r compromise, were tried at dinburgh 5 ovembe ,

1 6 . T he was 7 9 , and condemned to death sentence “ r r that they be car ied to the Muir of Magus, and the e be hanged till they be dead, and their bodies to be hung in chains till they rot, and all their lands, goods ’ ” a - and gear, to f ll to His Maj esty s use . T wenty ﬁv e complied with a bond n ever to take up arms against ’ the King s authority , and were acquitted.

T was E r homas Brown a shoemaker in dinbu gh, W Newmiln s A r w S James ood belonged to , nd e word

r W was a weave in Galloway, John addell belonged to

N n E r . ew Monkland, and Joh Clyde to ast Kilb ide T hey had no connection with the death of A rchbishop S r r harp, but were doubtless executed he e to st ike ’ terror and as some retaliation for t he P relate s assassination. llIag n s M a ir. 5 3

1 2 8 A tombstone was erected in 7 , but it got

r was rr w b oken, and ca ied a ay piece by piece by visi

r r . T he to s , and has now disappea ed inscription is p reserved in the Local R ecords of S t A ndrews as follows

r L e T W A r He e y homas Brown , James ood, nd ew wor W Cl d ff r S d, John addel, and John y , who su e ed r r r for r r Ma ty dom on Magus Mui , thei adhe ence to ’ the Word o f God and S cotland s Covenanted Work 1 6 o N r 2 . . of R eformati n . ovembe 5 7 9

’ A US E we at Bothwel did appear ’ C P erjuri ou s Oaths refu s d to swear ’ ’ Cause we Christ s Cause would not condemn ’ We were s en ten c d to Death by Men ’ Who rag d against us in such Fury O u r dead B odies they did n ot bury But upon P oles did hing us high

T riumphs o f Babels Victory. ’ O u r Liv es we fear d not t o the Deatlr ’ rov d r But constant p to the last B eath .

When the Grav e- stone w a s set up in October 1 7 2 8 r e o u t of r r the Chains we e tak n thei G aves, and some o f their Bones and Cloaths w ere found unconsumed - Y r now forty nine ears afte their death . C U P A R F I F E .

P eace to t heir memory let no imp iou s b reat h ’ S ell t ei r fai r fame o r t riu m o er t eir dea t h , ph h h, ’ L et S ot ia s rat efu l so ns t eir t ear-d ro s s ed c g h p h , ’ " ' b ed Where low t hey lie in honou r s gory .

A UR ENCE H A Y and A NDR EW P ITT IL LOCH were members of a society in Fife

r T he r for prayer and confe ence . forme

n - r was aweaver , and the latter a la d labou er T h in the parish of Largo. e society had agreed to a “ r A T s E pape , entitled, estimony again t the vils of ” T o the T imes . his paper was pr duced at their trial , and reference made to it in their testimonies printed “ ” T in the Cloud of Witnesses . hey were found

n gu ilty of treaso , and sentenced to be hanged at the

rassmarket E 1 68 0 r G , dinburgh , on the 3oth July, , thei heads to be severed from their bodies and afﬁxed to the tolbooth at Cupar.

a n R athillet Of David H cks to , of , in the parish

K r . ilmany, Fifeshi e, was a gentleman of good family H e wa s present at the assassination of A rchbishop ( S4) — Capa r F i e. 5 5

S r . o ha p , but took no part in it He f ught with the Covenanters at Drumclog and Bothwell

r B idge .

A r r ff for r o ewa d being o ered his app ehensi n , he

r A irsmoss 2 2 n d was taken p isoner at on the July,

1 68 0 W r r al , he e he had fought with g eat v our against ’ Bruce of Earlshall s regiment of one hundred an d

twenty men , well equipped and in good condition .

an d n He was assailed on all sides , , bei g wounded

o n n rr the head, he fell to the grou d, and su endered

h e H r r ims lf prisoner. e was ﬁ st b ought to Lanark . , D before alziel , who threatened to roast him ali ve. E He was then bound, and taken to dinburgh,

r r whe e he was t ied, and executed in the most horrible m . r ar r off manner His ight and left we e cut , then his

r hr body was d awn to the top of the gallows t ee times , f and su fered to fall down again with his whole weight. Ere he was dead his breast was opened with a large r an d knife, and his hea t pulled out, held up to the “ r r T c owd by the executione , who exclaimed, his is ” r r o the heart of a t aito . His b dy was quartered , and

‘ r t o Netherb ow dist ibuted ; his head being ﬁxed the ,

’ E r while other in dinbu gh, parts of his body ﬁgured

- L t w . ei h, Glasgo , Burntisland, and Cupar Fife A tombstone in the Old churchyard of Cupar was

erected to the memory of the martyrs . It was re

1 2 n n newed in 7 9 , and since then has bee raised upo a new base, and is in a good state of preservation . T he inscription is as follows 5 6 Tombs ton es of tbc Coven a n ters .

O n the east side

A A N O P E N H A ND. A H EA D IN R E E . A H E D . LI VO

’ GE H ere ly es In terrea t/ze H ea rts of L A UR H A Y a nd A N DR E I/ V P IT OL L O CH zo/zo ' ’ R S njk’ rea ma rtyrdom a t E DIN 1 1 68 1 ’ ’ f or a rt/zeri ng to t/ze w ora of G OD 63° S cotla n d s ’ vena nted w ork o R e rma ti on A n a a ls o co f f o , one of ﬁce H a n ds of DA VID H A OR S T ON of R a t/ allot zerbo w a s mos t cru elly mu rdered R ” a t E DIN f7 nly 3 0 1 68 0 sa m e f or t/ze eca a s .

On the west side

1 68 0 O u r persecutors ﬁlld with rage T heir brutish fury to aswage T ook heads and hands of martyrs Off o ff T hat they might be the pe ples sco , T hey H a ckston s b ody cutt asunder A nd set it up a worlds wonder In sev eral places to proclaim

T hese monsters gloryd in their shame .

R E E R E CT ED

July 1 7 9 2 .

8 T ne tbc 5 ombs to s of Coven a n ters .

S r r v take the Oath of up emacy, were bound and d i en

e 2 th like cattle across Fif , and , at last, on the 4 May,

1 68 o r 5 , thrown promiscu usly into the la ger vault,

w for r where they ere pent up a wh ole summe . Many

v r died of disease , or fell ictims to the inhuman tortu es

r r int oduced to shake the faith of the prisone s , and subdue them to an acknowledgment Of the usurped authority Of the King ; but all refused the oath as

embodied with the supremacy. T wenty-ﬁve made their escape down the rocks but of these ﬁfteen were betrayed by the people in the

neighbourhood, were again taken, and subj ected

r to cruel tortures . Othe s were banished to His ’ Maj esty s plantations ; some lived to return to their R r native land after the evolution , and pe petuate the memory of those whose lives were sacriﬁced for the D cause of the Covenant in unnottar Castle, and whose remains were interred in the modern burying ground . It is worthy of record that it was here S ir Walter “ ” S Old o cott ﬁrst became acquainted with M rtality, having found him cleaning and repairing the stone m T h which arks the grave of the martyrs . e great n W ovelist was then on a visit to Mr alker, parish

T he - minister of Dunnottar. grave stone in the churchyard is on the east side of the church , and

r f has recently been set in an i on rame , to protect

- It in it from acquisitive relic hunters . bears this scripti on n nn ot t a 7

I S T T IA ME A T CH I H E R E LYE S OH N . O S

S ON IA M E S . R US S E LL 8: W ILLIA M BR O UN A ND ON E W H O S E NA ME WE E H A V E

N OT GOT T EN A ND T WO . WOME N WH OS E

NA ME S A LS O W E E KN OW N OT A ND T wo WH O P ER IS H ED COME ING DOUNE T H E R OCK O NE WH OS E NA ME WA S IA MES WA T S ON T H E OT H ER NOT KNOWN W H O A LL DIED P R IS ON ER S IN DUNN OT T A R CA ST LE A N NO 1 68 5 F OR T H EIR A DH ER ENCE T o T H E W OR D OF GOD A ND S COT LA NDS COVE NA NT E D W O R K O F R E F OR MA

' V 11 CH 1 2 ER E. IION . R E V S

T radition attributes the following prophecy to T R r homas the hymer, who ﬂou ished ﬁve hundred years ago “ Du nn ot tar st an din b the sea , g y , La irdless s hall t hy la nd be Benea th t he so le of thy hea rth stone

T he toad s all b rin her ou n ones ome h g y g h .

T he prophecy has been fulﬁlled . T he lands were 1 1 d D attainted in 7 5 , when it was dismantle , and u n n ottar war , with all its pomp and circumstances of , has long been a desolate, uninhabited ruin . F O R G A N D E N N Y .

r f Wodrow H E histo ian O the Church , , “ writes I ﬁnd this year there was a P o f conventicle in erthshire, at the hill or an den n Caltena cherin the parish of F g y,

’ ’ and upon the Lord s - day an o fﬁcer with a company o f wild Highlanders came suddenly upon them , and without any orders to disperse or essaying to seize any of them discharged their pieces among the poor P unarmed people . By good rovidence , there was

—A w Bredd r but one man killed ndre y, a w ight by ’ L r R trade, who lived at my o d uthven s gate , on the W r green of Freeland . He has left a idow and fou orphans . r He was buried in the churchya d , on the south in side o f the church . His tombstone is thus scribed

H E R E LYE S A NDR EU B R ODIE WR IG H T IN F O R GUNDEN NY WH O A T T H E B R E A K O F A M E ET ING O CT 1 6 7 8 WA S S H OT BY A P A R T Y O F H IGH LA ND MEN F r de o g a n n ny . 6 l

COMMA NDED BY BA LL E CH E N A T A CA VES MOUT H F LY ING T H IT H ER F O R H IS LIF E 85 T HA T F OR H IS A DH E R EN CE T O T H E WO R D O F GO D S CO T LA NDS COVE NA NT E D

WOR K O F R E FOR MA T ION.

R ev 1 2 . 1 1 . . C. V M A R D L E E C C L E S G I .

ro a secluded glen , a short distance f m

itcaithl P y House , are the remains of the

E ccles ma i dle old house of g r , formerly L A inhabited by the family of ennox .

u few paces distant, are the r ins of the small chapel

and burial ground, a rude stone bears this remem brance

H EIR LY IS A N E Y ER T OUs H US BA ND MA N T H OMA S S MA L W H O DIED F OR T s

E D R ELIGION COVE NA N T KING A ND CO VNT R IE T H E 1 O F S E P T EMB ER 1 645

H IS A GE 5 8 .

ENT OR I. MEM O . M L O N G F O R G A N .

a ﬂat stone in the churchyard is the following memorial

H IR R EST S A N E T R EV C OV ENA NT ER A NDR O S M T H IN H VNT LIE Y Y , , A GED 6 1 6 3 , 43 MY S A Y L T O P R A IS E T H E LOR D

A . S E . F. E ENT R M M O MO I. D R O N .

' W ho w ou ld not w eep w hen men like him cou ld die ! ‘Vho w ou ld n o t triu mph w here t hei r ash es lie

’ ' T eir ild ren s w ro n s t eir ou n tr s to a t o ne h ch g , h c y , ” n d know and feel t he b irt ri t i s his ow n A h gh .

H N WELW D O OO , second son of the

W lw f in R ev . e ood O T James , minister

der arth D r r g , umf iesshi e , was an eminent

preacher of the Covenante rs . Educated

r r for the minist y, he was not ordained to any pa ticular

r incumbency owing to the tu bulent state of the times,

e r Of 1 662 and his father being d p ived his living in , he received a call to T arbolton ; but information was

r E r lodged against him befo e the Council at dinbu gh ,

Ist Nov . 1 6 , 7 7 , when commissioners were appointed

r to see that he was turned out and app ehended. He continued to preach in various parts of the

n country, but a naturally delicate constitution soo

r P gave way. He went to visit his f iends at erth, 6 i In A 1 . where he died of consumpt on pril , 7 9 A spread rapidly that an intercommuned ( 64)report

66 To bs on es t/ze e m t of Cov na n ters .

’ CONDEMN D T H E S IN S O F T H A T S A D A Y ND A LIA NT L F OR D . A V Y T R UT H CONT ENDED UNT IL DEA T H H IS DA S W ER E ENDED BY Y .

S everal remarkable predictions are associated with

Welwood on r the name of , among others e fo etelling A S ff that rchbishop harp would su er a violent death . T his explains the reference in the inscription to his being remembered as a Scottish prophet. K IR K O F S H O T T S .

H E Old Kirk of S hotts has a memorable

record in the history of the Covenanters .

It in r was the churchyard, afte a Com

n z rst 1 6 0 munio , on the June, 3 , that John Livingstone kin dled the ﬂame of revival which S n T h spread over a great part of cotla d. e church yard has its martyr-stone to the memory of William S mith, who was returning from the Battle of P entland,

f Mu irmail and attacked by two men not far rom len , a

r the Mu r fa m about a mile to north of dostan . in His body was found headless the moss, after the

R v o e lution, and the remains buried in the churchyard, w r r he e an upright stone ma ks his grave, with this in scription

R epaired from the proceeds of a sermon r r 1 8 6 R ev. Mr p eached he e 3 by the Graham.

On the west s ide

H ER E LYES T H E BON E S OF W ILLIA M S MIT H 6 8 t nes t/ce vena e ombs o of Co n t rs .

WH O LIVED A T MOR EMELL E N W H O W IT H OT H E

R S . A P P EA R ED IN A R MS A T P E NT LA N D H ILL S IN DE F EN CE OF S COT LA NDS COVENA NT ED w O R K O F R E F OR MA T ION IN A NNO 1 666 A GR E EA BLE T O T H E WOR D OF GOD IN 0 P P OS IT ION T O P OP ER Y P R ELA CY A ND P ER JUR Y A ND WA S MUR DE R E D IN H S H IS R ET UR N H OME NEA R

T H IS P LA CE. B A T H G A T E .

T eir t em le w as the dee an d s aded dell h p p h , ’ W ere Natu re s mn s w it artless ra tu re sw ell h hy h p ,

G i rded w it st ream a n d ro k w ile hu n on i h c , h g h gh ” T he s u n -illu mi ned vault or s rr k ta y s y.

the middle road between Edinb urgh and

a r Linli h Gl sgow, about ﬁve miles f om t

w ih gow, is the to n of Bathgate, the habitants of which and of the parishes around took an active part during the troublous times, a n d suffered much in consequence . A conical hill in the neighbourhood IS pointed out I on which they held meetings for worship . n couse qu en ce of being suspected as participators in the

’ murder of two officers and a party of soldiers in the

r nabb e n dist ict of S wi y, all the inhabita ts of this and two adj oining parishes over twelve years of age, were

E r r ar taken prisoners to dinbu gh , where the g eater p t ’ w r in r e e conﬁned Greyfriars Chu chyard, and were not liberated till after the Battle of Bothwell Bridge .

A t r the dispe sion of one of the conventicles , James

D v n a ie was shot by a dragoon , and is buried i the ( 69 ) 0 To s tbe 7 mbs tone of Covena n ters .

Old n his r Churchyard, where a sto e preserves memo y, on which is recorded

Here lies the Body of JA MES DA VIE who was S hot at Blackdu b A pril 1 67 3 by H ER ON for his adhering to the word of GOD and S cotlands co v enanted work of R eformation in Opposition to P OP E R Y P R ELA CY P ER JUR Y and T YRA NNY

’ R epaird by a F ew Men

in this P A R IS H . C A M P S IE .

N S the churchyard of Campsie, tirlingshire, a martyr for the Covenant has inscribed on his gravestone :

E R E C T E D IN M E M O R Y O F W IL L IA M B O IC K Who suffered at Glasgow X V MDCL III June I . XXX For his adherence to the W O R D O F G O D A N D S C O T L A N D S C OVENA NT ED WOR K 0 F

R E F O R M A T I O N.

Underneath this stone doth lie Dust sacriﬁced to tyranny ’ Y et precious in Immanuel s sight ’ Since martyr d for his kingly right

R EV. . 1 . chap 7 . verse 4 T W E E D S M U IR .

A nd the vis io n of o t er da s ame b a k h y c c ,

en t he d ark a nd b lo od b and Wh y ,

W it t he mi t of a livi n a ta ra t h gh g c c , E ssayed to sw eep i n t heir fi ery t rac t ” T h d f om t he land e go ly r .

ONVENT ICLES were frequent in P eebles

r r r 1 68 I68 6 shi e du ing the yea s 4 and , in consequence of which proclamations were issued for the discovery of those attending

t . T hem, and for their suppression hree Commissioners

iciar r were appointed j u s t s for the shires of R oxbu gh ,

r S r P . D Me se, elki k , and eebles ; and Colonel Jas ouglas appears as convener of the Commission of Supply

r for T weeddale, to secure and punish the ebels according to law, and as one to be depended upon , was employed to march against the Covenanters in

r the southe n counties, and received extensive powers to search and punish rebels . He attacked and dispersed a gathering in a secluded part of T weedsmu ir. John Hunter and a neighbour withdrew to the moors for concealment, but were pur ( 7 2 )

G L A W S G O .

0 S co t land p riz e from hou r t o hour T he s t ream of freedom as i t ru ns ; ’ ’ T w as u sher d b y a crimso n s how er ” T he life-bloo d of t h mart r sons y y .

IVE and Wod worthy good men , says “ row , were executed at the Cross of w n Glasgo , upo as slender a probation n as ever was sustai ed in any case, far less in a criminal process for persons ’ lives T hese men R un n were John ichmond, yo ger, of K owe, a farm in Galston parish, about a mile to the south D W w of arvel James inning, a tailor in Glasgo ; A r S n r n in chibald tewart, a cou t yma the parish of n Lesmahagow, scarcely ineteen years of age ; James Johnston belonging to the parish of Cadder; and l John Main to the parish of O d Monkland .

T n not in bu hey were apprehe ded company, t at different times . R ichmond was seized by Maj or Balfour as he was walking peaceably on the street in

man and a Glasgow. He was a of grave serious p aran e pe c , and this excited suspicion among the spies and ofﬁcials whom the Government employed to dis ( 7 4) Gla sg ow . 7 5

P r r cover suspected esbyte ians . His attempt to escape was made a pretext against him . He was taken to

- the guard house, where they bound his feet and neck

o r - t gethe , and left him bleeding from their ill treatment . N da ext y he was carried to prison, where he lay till his trial:

W N and inning was a onconformist, watched by

u those who so ght occa sion against him . He was one day called out of his house by the town Ofﬁcers to W appear before the magistrate . hen being interro A ’ gated respecting Bothwell , and the rchbishop s

r death, his eplies were considered unsatisfactory, and t l A ll he was commi ted for tria . ﬁve were tried on

o S the same day bef re a pecial Commission in Glasgow,

1 th 1 68 . T 7 March , 4 hey were charged with being at Bothwell, and conversing with those who had been

. n r there Many wit esses we e summoned against them , h but no deﬁnite charge could be substantiated . T e chief ground of their condemnation s eerris to have been their silence when asked about the death of A N rchbishop Sharp . othing worthy of death could

r r be p oved but their lives we e sought, and sentence of death was passed upon them , to be hanged at the

l th 1 8 . Cross of Glasgow, March g , 6 4 On the outside of the north wall of the Cathedral a mural tombstone, with the original inscription, was

u r r put p some years ago when the chu ch was repai ed , in commemoration of the nine martyrs who suff ered death. s tbe Covena n te 7 6 Tomb tones of rs .

T he r r are R othe fou obert Bunton , a native of

w r Fen ick , whe e a monument has been erected to his

r o r r memo y ; J hn Ha t , a native of Glasfo d R obert

S D rf w P r cott, of alse and Matthe aton, shoemake , wmiln s P Ne all four were at entland, and surrendered

r r themselves as p isoners ofwar, having received qua ter. T 1 th D hey were tried together at Glasgow, 7 ecember, 1 666 an d , were declared guilty of rebellion and trea 1 th son , and sentenced to be hanged on the 9 . T he r inscription on the old memo ial stone , which lies against the wall of the Churchyard Opposite the new erection , is as follows

Here lies the corps Of R O E R T U N T O N O N A R T B B , J H H , R O E R T S T T B C O , A T T E W P A T O U N M H , O N R I O N D J H C H M , J A M E S J O H N S T O U M A R I A L D S T E W A R T C H B , A E S W IN N IN J M G, J O H N M A IN . Who suffered at the cross of Glasgow For their testimony to the covenants A n d r wo k of reformation , Because they durst not own the A or uth ity of the then tyrants, D r a est oying the s me , 1 Betwixt 1 666 and 68 8 .

Y EA R S - S ix - r sixty and eighty fou , id r D send thei souls home into glore, Whose bodies here interred ly Gla sg ow . 7 7

T hen sacri ﬁced to tyranny T o covenants and re formation

Cause they adheared in their station . r r T hese nine , with othe s in this ya d ’ Whose heads and bodies were not spar d T o r heir testimonies , f es, to bu y ’ a u s d r C beat the d ums then in great fu ry . ’ T hey ll kn ow at resurrecti on day

T o murder saints was no sweet play.

T he original S tone and Inscription R epaired a n d n ew lettered MDCCCXXVII A t the expense of a few FR IENDS of the CA US E A R Y R F ER ED For which the M T S S U F .

’ Glasgow has another martyrs m onument about a r r qua ter of a mile north of the Cathed al, at the Monk

an r S . It land C al, f onting Castle treet is of polished T he granite, and built into the wall . original stone

1 8 1 8 1 8 62 was renewed in , and again in , when a i d a l rinking fountain was erected under the t b et . It commemorates three sufferers for their attachment to the work of reformation .

Nisb et H i hside James belonged to g , a farm in the

r D Lo . neighbou hood of arvel, parish of udon He was

n R related to Joh ichmond of Knowe, who was exe

r l th 1 68 cu ed g March, 4, and had come to Glasgow n to be prese t at his funeral, when he was recognised

L a r by ieutenant Nisbet, a cousin of his own , and pp e

r - hended . He was taken to the gua d house, and not giving satisfactory answers to the questions put to 7 8 Tombs tones of tbe Coven a n ters .

r h him , was sent to p ison . T e chief ground of his condemnation was that he disowned the authority of

r W the Gove nment . hile in prison he was constantly

r watched and c uelly treated . His last testimony is “ ” W in in the Cloud of itnesses . He died much peace

and assurance, and the authorities saw good to exe

at wn cute him Howgate Head , a little out of the to ,

th 1 68 on 5 June, 4, and not at the Cross, the usual u place of exec tion . James Lawson and A lexander Wood suff ered in

Glasgow in October of the same year. T heir j oint “ ” i s W testimony in the Cloud of itnesses , and is a fervent declaration of their attachment to the cove T he n n an ted work of reformation . i scription is as follows

T H E DEA D Y ET S P EA KET H . B EHIND T HIS S T ONE LY ES jA M E S NIS BE T ’ Wbo s nﬁ recl Al a rty ra om a t tbis P la ce NE 1 68 J U 4. A LS O jA M E S L A WS ON A ND A LE XA NDE R WOOD ’ “I s erea M a rt rdom ctober 2 1 68 wb o af y O 4 4. ’ ’ f or tbeir a a lzerence to t/ze Wora of God a nd ’ S cotla nd s covena ntext w ork of tbc ref orma tion

Here lyes martyrs three Of memor Who for the Covenant did die A nd witness is A gainst all the nation ’ s perjury Gla sg ow . 7 9

Gainst the Covenanted cause Of CHR IS T their royal king ' 1 he BR IT IS H rulers made such laws ’ ’ D r w ecla ed t as satan s reign . A s R IT A IN B lyes in guilt, you see, ’ T 0 r art r is asked , reade thou f ee

T H IS S T ON E WAS R EN EW ED BY the proprietors of T H E MON KLA ND NA VIGA T ION A P R IL 1 8 1 8 A ND A GA IN IN GR A N IT E BY 6 T H E CIT IZ ENS IN 1 8 2 . DR INK A ND T H INK E M A R T Y R S M O N U M E H A M I L T O N .

Vainl e b rave e s en t ou r nob les t ow er! y, y , y p y p ’ ’ T reedom s ﬁ t b u t not her on u erin ou r w as F gh , c q g h ’ d s b las t o er ea s of sla in O n like the e ert , h p ,

he o eman ru s ed and sw e t alon t he lai n . T f h , p g p

A L M EMOR I stone, built into the east

r or wall of the churchya d, commem ates four Covenanters who were taken prison

ers at R ullion Green . T hey were tried at Edinburgh before the Council, and sentenced to h D 1 666 be hanged on 7 t ecember, , their heads and off L right hands to be cut , and disposed of as the ords of the P rivy Council should think ﬁt . John P arker was a fu ller of cloth in East Kilbride ; n J Gavin Hamilton, a tena t in Carluke ames Hamil in E in Killiemuir and S , ton , Christopher trang ast

Kilbride .

Four sculptured heads on the stone, between the n inscription and the four li es , mark it out for instant T he recognition on entering the grounds . record is as follows ( 8 0 )

L A N A R K.

the Chu rchyard of Lanark an unpretend

- ing tombstone , at the south east corner

of the church , is preserved as a memorial

W L r of illiam Harvey, a weaver in ana k,

who was brought before ' the Justiciary Court in

E r 2 o th 1 68 2 dinbu gh on the February, , for being “ ” r L r at the late ebellion , and present when the ana k Declaration was made j ust before the Battle of

Bothwell B ridge . and He was found guilty condemned to death, a

r r party of guards being o de ed to take him to Lanark .

His testimony is short, he prayed fervently, and died

r with a great deal of composu e . He spoke to the

r a people assembled , cha ged them to make their pe ce

r God far with God, and to se ve and the King so as

W al r the ord lowed, but no furthe

H EIR LY ES WILLI A M H ER VI WH O

SWEER ED A T T H E CR OS O F L a na rk.

LA NER K T H E

2 F A R H O . M C 1 68 2 A GE 38 F OR H IS A DH ER ENC T O T H E WOR D O F GOD A ND S COT LA NDS COVENA NT ED WOR K

O F R EF OR MA T ION . G L A F D S O R .

’ ’ E art s b est an d b ravest S o tlan d s b oas and ride h , c t p ! Ch ased like the w ild bi rd on the mou n ta in s ide ,

F rom ave to ro k from ro k to moo r and oo d c c , c W , ” S elt ered a momen t in t eir s u d h h olit e.

H E n E r Gordo s of a lston , Kirkcudbright

n f r shire, were a family disti guished o their stedfast adherence to the prin

ci les R p of the eformation, and when the day of trial came , were found faithful ; sacriﬁcing

r in . p operty, ease, and honour, defence of the truth

u T hey harbo red the ﬁeld preachers, encouraged con v nticles e , ministered to the wanderers, and stimulated the contending remnan t to faithfulness in their pro

fes sion . William Gordon began early to show his attachment P h to the resbyterian cause . A s patron for the paris

D r r 1 66 of al y, he was orde ed in 3 to appoint curates

i ’ in the vacant p arishes and settle an Episcopal in cu m an o i bent, rder to wh ch he returned a respectful an r n n n swe , showi g his reaso for not complyi g with ( 8 4) Gla sford. 8 5

i r their demand. For th s he was cited to appear befo e the P rivy Council , to which he paid no attention ; and “ in November of the same year the Council being informed that the Laird of Earlston keeps conventicles

r an d p ivate meetings in his own house, orders letters t o be directed against him to compear before them to ”

for . answer his contempt, under pain of rebellion

D r e is egarding the s cond summons , sentence of banish ment was at once issued against him . He was commanded to depart from the kingdom

r within a month, and not to eturn on pain of death . T e his severe sentence he also disobey d, and was thereafter subj ected to more extreme persecution by the Government. In 1 66 ou t 7 , he was turned of his house, which

o r was made a garrison for s ldie s , and like many others

wan derIn he was forced to lead a g life , exposed to A B hardships and privations . fter the attle of Both w at i Al ell Bridge, wh ch his son exander fought, he was hastening forward to the assistan ce of the Cove n an ters ar , not having he d of their defeat, when he was

ar r S n met by a p ty of d agoons in earch of fugitives . O r i efusing to surrender or comply with the r request, he was killed on the spot.

an His son being out of the way, d his friends not

r obtaining his body, it was interred in the chu chyard

f r o r . A Glasfo d pillar was e ected over the grave , but n o inscription was put upon it because of the severity

O f A r ds the times . mode n tombstone was afterwar 8 6 To s ones o tbe e mb t f Cov na n ters .

r wa l e ected on the south side of the churchyard l , bearing the following inscription

T o the memory of the very Wortliy P illa r of the dru n k M Willia m ordon o E a , G f rlston i n Ga llo w a S y , hot by a partie of dragoons on his Bothwellbrid e 2 2 1 6 way to g , June . 7 9 . 6 n r aged 5 , i sc ibed by his great grand

S ir olzn Gordon B a rt 1 1 u . 1 2 son, j , , J ne 7 7 .

S i o ilent t ll now full ninety years hath sto d,

T his humble Monument of Guiltless Blood . T ranick S r y way , fo bad his Fate to name ’ L n W theT rant s east his know orth should prove y shame. ’ n B otb well F reedom ﬁr d O road with love of , ’ ’ T he T yrant s minions boldly him requ ir d

T o . stop and yield , or it his life would cost ’ T his he dis dain d not kn owing all was lost. ’

ﬁr . On which they d. Heaven so decreed His doom F a r T from his own laid in this silent omb . ’ How leagu d with P atriots to maintain the Cause f R ELIGI US LI ER T L O true O B Y and aws, ' learn P How d, how soft his manner, free from ride , ’ ’ liv d d d How clear his Judgement, and how he and y T hey well cou’ d tell who weeping round him stood

On S trevan plain s that drank his P atriot Blood.

R EPA IR ED

ir l m rdon B a rt By S jo Go .

of E a rlston .

His R epresentative .

1 8 42 . Gla sford. 8 7

On the other side of the monument are the lines

F A H A R FA E DE M ND I D T A S,

O R CLA IMS A T EA R , S T A GENT LE P A S S ENGER Y, ,

A ND S H ED IT H ER E. L E M H W S A A G O .

“ O ! mart r-s ri nkled S otland y p c ,

T h ovena n ted du s t y c ,

Like old a id ou r mou n t ains g m ,

’ ’ Gleams t ro tradit ion s ru s h t.

H E m o orlan ds of Lesmahagow could tell many a tale of suffering in the time of

h c the persecution . T e distri t abounded

— - with worthies leal hearted confessors of the Covenan t .

t - Wodrow, the historian , gives a list of hirty nine persons in this parish who were compelled to seek safety in ﬂight ; and in the records of the time no fewer than sixty individuals were charged with the crime of harbouring the persecuted people, and as

. T he S W r sisting them in their privations teels, ei s , T W W homsons, ilsons, and hites, were renowned n in an of ames the district, and many descend ts these worthies are found residents at the present day. ’ D ar of N avid S teel , tenant on the f m ether S kelly L w hill, in the parish of esmahago , was a man warmly attached to the cause of the Covenanters . He fought

r in at Bothwell B idge, company with his cousin, the ( 8 8 )

To s ones o tbe ove 9 0 mb t f C na n ters .

h hill, that he mig t inﬂict the additional cruelty of

n shooting him in the presence of his you g wife, whose moral heroism was conspicuous ; for, dearly as she

o loved her husband, and much as she wished his life t She be spared, exhorted him to abide in his constancy, o h and enc uraged him with her consolation . T e ﬁre troopers refused to , on the plea that quarter had

i been prom sed, when the ruthless commander ordered a a p rty of foot soldiers, who were Highlanders , to T he shoot him . soldiers slunk away from the scene, leavin g the poor widow to gather up the mangled T corpse . his she did with a quiet composure, saying, “ S T he archers have hot at thee, my husband, but they could not reach thy soul ; it has escaped like a ” far and . dove, away, is at rest His body was buried in the churchyard of Lesma

a hi s on h b agow, where stone marks grave, w ich is inscribed

H ER E LIES the Body of DA VID S T EEL Martyr who was Murdered by Chrichton for his T estimony to the Covenants and Work of R eformation and because he durst not own the A uthority of the T yrant destroyin g the same He was ” c shot at S KELLY H ILL the of De . d 1 68 6 in the 33 year of his age

Be thou faithful un to Death and I will give thee a Crown of Life 1 L es ma bag ow . 9

David a Shepherd ﬁrst and then of A dvanced ! to be King Men Had of his Graces in thi s Q uarter ’ T r W r r his Hei , a and e now a Martyr Who for his Constancy and Zeal S till to the Back did prov e true Steel ’ Who for Christ s R oyal T ruth an d Laws A n d for the Covenanted Cause Of S COT LA NDS famous R eformation Declining T yrant ’ s Usurpation ’ By Cruel Chrichton Mu rderd lies Whose Blood to Heaven for Vengean ce

In 1 8 8 A I 5 a monument of berdeen granite , 3 feet

. It high , was erected on the spot of martyrdom is thus in scribed in front

B . R ev . 11 1 0 e thou faithful . DA VID S T EEL Mart was shot here by Order of Crichton on the 2 0 th December 1 68 6 A ged 33 years .

O ccasioned by a sermon in the adjoining ﬁeld, on S 1 h 2 t S . 1 8 8 R e . L v . A . abbath ept 5 by James aing, M L minister of the Free Church, esmahagow, and erected

T . r n Es . l mainly by James B ow , q of A u ch ochan and N ll ether Ske yhill.

On the back

Exact spot of Martyrdom 2 about 7 feet to the West . 2 To s ones o tbe ove e 9 mb t f C na n t rs .

A nother g ravestone in the Churchyard of Lesmaha

r gow commemo ates one of the Covenanters, wounded

D . at the Battle of rumclog He was on horseback , and j oined in the last charge against Claverhouse , but was mortally wounded he pursued as long as he

. W e was able, and then fell He belonged to atersid , W on the Logan ater. His body was brought to L esmahagow, and buried with his kindred a ﬂat ston e covers his grave with this in scription

Here lies T HOMA S WEIR who was shot in a rencounter “ at Drumclog June I 1 67 9 by bloody Graham of Claverhouse for his adherence to the Word of God and S cotlan ds Covenanted work of

xu . 2 . R eformation R ev.

A s also Gavin Weir in Waterside who departed 2 1 2 this life . July 5 7 3 A ged 7 9

R epaired by a few friends to the Covenanted Cause 1 8 33 .

On the lawn of Blackwood House , in the parish

r r Lesmahagow, the e is a gravestone to the memo y

C A M B U S E T H A N .

T he h eroes of the Covenan t arrayed

A t on e w it Bible an d w it b attle b lade c h h ,

eard no sw eet S abb at -b ell annou n e the da H h c y,

M et o n the w ild b u t n ot in ea e t o ra . , p c p y

H E upper and middle wards of Lanarkshire were famous for the support they gave to the Covenants in the stirring times of

a the persecution , and many brave he rts suff ered there in defence of the glorious cause.

n ar Of O the eastern bound y the parish , at the L junction of Clydesdale and othian, is the famous

Darmeid Muir, where many a conventicle was held .

It r was a secluded spot, surrounded by high moo

o lands , s that the worshippers could remain long in its

o O secrecy with ut being bserved, and the mosses and marshes contiguous to it favoured them when pursued R by horsemen . Here ichard Cameron, on his return

in 1 68 0 r from Holland , held a Fast with Ca gill and

i la Do g s, and agreed to maintain more ﬁrmly the z9 4j Ca mbns netba n . 9 5

of standard the Gospel, in face of the defection of the

h S an u h i . T t e ar D t mes his led to , q eclaration , which was published in the midsummer of this year. Cambusnethan occupies a b eziu tiful locality on the t r Clyde, and is consecrated by the mar y dom of some

r of he sons . ff I666 Gavin Hamilton resided here, and su ered in and here A rthur Inglis was put to death with Circum stances of great barbarity. He was watching the cows on his farm when some dragoons came up ; having

o in r a b ok hi—s hand, which they co rectly supposed to be a Bible in those times a su re sign of noncon — formity one of the dragoons discharged his carbine W at him, hile another cut him down with his sword . In ar the old churchy d, situated in a sequestered hollow on the banks of the Clyde, a tombstone was

r 1 1 8 6 r e ected in 7 3 3, and renewed in 3 , as a memo ial of his martyrdom, on which is inscribed

On the east side

H ER E LYES A R T H UR INGLIS IN N ET H E R T ON VH o UA S S H OT A T S T OCKLT ON DYKE BY BLOODY GR A H A M O F CLA VER S H OUS E JULY 1 67 9 F OR H IS A DH E R A N CE T O T H E UOR D OF GOD A ND S COT LA NDS COVE NA N T ED WOR K O F R E F OR MA T ION

R EV 1 2 1 1 . and . E r 1 rected in the yea 7 33 . 6 9 Tombs tones of tbe Covena n ters .

On the west side

Memen to mori When I did live such was the day Forsakin g sin made men a prey Unto the rage and tyranny Of that throne of iniquity Who robbed Christ and killed his sain ts ’ A nd brake an d bu rn d our covenants I at this time this honour got

T o die for Christ upon the spot.

T he gravestone is on the south side of the church, within a railed enclosure ; at the east end is erected a 6 Is in cross, about feet high, on one side of which scribed

In Memory of A R T HUR INGLIS

1 8 3 7 .

On the other side

n S olemn League and Covena t.

8 To s ones o tb e t 9 mb t f e Cov n a n ers .

in P r r themselves a cave , but ate son with three othe s

t he A r was cap ured . T bj u ation Oath was take n by

o rr his compani ns , and on his refusal he was ca ied to

A r vondale Castle, and there , without any t ial, shot

r n the same afte noo by Captain Bell .

rr A John Ba ie, of vondale , was met one day by

P I o r eter nglis , who questioned him ab ut his j ou ney, and although he produced his pass to prove tha t everything was right, nothing would satisfy this human blood- hound but the life of an innocent man, whom he shot on the spot.

T he tombstone bears the following record

t Q O F W IL L IA M P A T E R S O N A N D J O H N P R O C

I R 0 O N IH E H G H IE H H o H rv a 0 I OH S I H], 1 , V L g q L

On the pedestal of the stone

R enewed by the R eformers of A a Of R o vonda—le at the p ssing the ef rm NI 1 8 2 . Bill A NNO DOM I . 3 t v S ra t/za en . 9 9

A nother gravestone in the churchyard of S trath av en preserves the memory of one who died of wounds r D an d r eceived at the Battle of rumclog, was bu ied here

Er 1 2 I8 ected in the year 7 3 , and renewed 33 .

O n one side is the following inscription

Heare LY S T he C OR P S O F WILLIA M Dingwall who was shot in a R an

r D o . 1 s 1 6 o . t c unte at rumcl g Jun 7 9 , L r F La rh By B OOdy G aham O C v e ou se. or a dhearin T o T he W r Go d F , g o d of , ’ A nd S cotland s Covenanted WOR K

O F R eF ormation .

O n the other

T r r r his He o B ave , who He e doth lye Was P e rsecute By T yrrany Y et T o T he T ruth He Fi rmly S tooD Gainst Fo es R esisting T o T he BLOOD ’ H imS eLF T h OS P EL deF en D G did , ’ T ILL F OR Christ s cause H IS LIF e DID en D S T O N E H O U S E .

H E Churchyard of Stonehouse contains an Old and a new stone in memory of one of the Covenanters shot at the Battle T he of Drumclog. modern memorial intimates that the monument has been “ R enewed by

T o T the descendants of the homs ns, late in annahill, T h r l 1 8 2 . e Lesmahagow, 3 old insc iption , as fo lows , has been transcribed on the new stone

' Here lays or near T his Ja T homson Who was shot in a R an cou n ter at “ 1 1 6 Drumclog, June 7 9 By Bloody Graham of Clavers House for his adherence to the ’ Word of God and S cotland s Covenanted Work of R eform — 1 1 ation . R ev. xii . .

On the other side

T his hero brave who doth lye here ’ In truth s defence did he appear,

C A R L U K E .

L i ve on li ve on e b ri im d , , y gh t mortal b an ! Emb alm ed in f ame t he lor of u r d , g y o lan S tars lo g w in i n the darkn ess o f t he g pas t , W i s t ill s a ’ h h h ll bu rn w hile t ime s a reer s hall las t c c .

ET ER KID n v , a ati e of Fifeshire, and S t A r student of nd ews, was settled min D ister at ouglas , in the P resbytery o f L r ana k, but was ejected from his pari sh

P 1 662 by A ct of the rivy Council at Glasgow in . He

m r r afterwards became indulged iniste at Ca luke.

r 1 68 In Octobe , 4, he was brought before the

u i al Co nc l for breaking sever of his instructions , particularly for neglecting to Observe the anniversary ’ r o of His Maj esty s bi th and rest ration, and for not reading from his pulpit the proclamation enj oining the

’ ’ thanksgiving for the King s and the Du ke of Y ork s

l r R e P T he indu l de iverance f om the y House lot.

for gence was declared null and void ; and afterwards, refusing not to preach without permission from the

Government, he was sent a prisoner to the Bass in

1 68 n May, 5 , where he continued about a year. Bei g ( 1 0 2 ) l Ca rlnbe. O 3

r then advanced in life, and his health suffe ing , he wa s released on condition that he lived privately at

r his own house . He was acco dingly set at liberty on

z rs r 1 68 6 . 1 6 t S eptembe , He died in 9 4, and lies r r buried in the churchya d of Ca luke . His tombstone bears the following inscription

A r r faithful , holy pasto he e lies hid, n e Mr P O of a thousand, eter Kid, irm r r F as a stone, but of a hea t cont ite A r r I r w estling, p aying, weeping s aelite ; A r r far fr powerful p eache , om ostentation , f r A son o thunde , and of consolation .

His face , his speech, and humble walk might tell T P hat he was in the Mount and eniel . P He was in atmos , and did far surpass r In fixed stedfastn ess the o cky Bass . His love t o Christ made his life to be spent In an d feeding flocks kids beside his tent. His frail flesh could n o t equal paces keep W ’ o e . ith his m st willing sp rit, but f ll asleep ’ ’ o f r His s ul s in heaven, where it was much be o e, r r u r His flesh ests he e in hopes of f tu e glore . P r ! ere o assenge thou g , sigh, weep , and pray, L Help, ord, because the godly do decay. IN C H B E L L Y B R D I G E .

W b ss e le t he h ands that tear aw ay

Dark w eeds from mart r raves y g , ’ A nd c arving o er their mossy u rns ’ F a it s w i t n ess —stor sa es h y v .

ILE r M east from Ki kintilloch , in a ﬁeld

ar adj oining the highway, is a l ge slab used t o mark the spot where the martyrs of In chb ell r T y B idge suffered. his stone has been removed nearer the road for the convenienc e of the public, and along with a new slab , on which the

r r n ow o iginal insc iption has been copied, is enclosed with a neat iron railing . John Wharry was the younger brother of the Lai rd

S corr holm r L W r of y , a small p operty on the ogan ate ,

- about three miles to the south west of Lesmahagow .

S r r o He and James mith, his companion in ma ty d m , were discovered sitting in a lonely part of a wood at

In ch ll r b e y B idge, by a party of soldiers in search of some country pe ople who had rescued a prisoner they

u fﬁ e were taking to Edinburgh . In the s c some on both sides were wounded and one soldie r killed ; but ( 1 0 4)

1 0 6 Tombs tones of tbe Covena n ters .

u r r Beneath this stone o blood to heaven doth c y. r T r or Had fo eign foes , u ks Mahometans, S T r r A r r Had cythian a ta s , abian Ca avans , ’ r S r Had c uel pania ds , the pope s bloody seed , r i Commenced the same, had been less st ange the r deed ; P r v But otestants , once co enanters too , u O ur countrymen , this cr el deed could do ; Y e t notwithstanding this their hellish rage, T he Wharrie noble leapt upon the stage, W r ith courage bold , he said, and hea t not faint,

T his blood shall now seal up our covenant . E in T r a nd g, hey who would follow Ch ist should t ke

T r r . heir cross upon thei back, the world fo sake

T he probability is that what is called on the n ew “ ” stone the old tombstone , is the successor of an

r n olde one, of which the above is the origi al inscription.

T he r 1 8 6 p esent stone was erected in 5 , when a

Dr n R ev. sermo was preached by the Blakely, of

Kirkintilloch , on behalf of the fund for its renewal . It is inscribed as follows ’ T ’ ’ was Martyr s Blood B ought S cotland s Liberty.

E 1 8 6 . rected February, 5 In room of the old tombstone, by the people of o u Kirkintilloch and Neighb rhood .

Origina l Inscription .

In l n W this ﬁeld ies the corps of Joh harry, and e ff w 1 1 68 Jam s S mith, who su ered in Glasgo , 3 June 3 , for their adherence to the Word of God and S cotland ’s W r R Covenanted o k of eformation . d In cbbelly B ri g e. 1 0 7

A n d o o they overcame them by the bl d of the lamb, A n d by the word of their testimony ; and they L — I h R I. oved not their lives unto the deat ev . xii .

r r Halt cou teous passenge , and look on

u r . O bodies dead, lying under this stone ’ A n or ltho we did commit no deed, fact ’ T r r r hat was against the B ideg oom s cont act, Y et r o r ro we to Glasgow were as p is ne s b ught, A n d against us false witness they sought. T r r hei sentence c uel and unjust they past,

A n d then ou r corps on scaffold they did cast .

T here we our lives and right hands also lost . From Glasgow we were brought unto this place I C n hains of iron hung up for certain space, T hen taken down interred here we ly ’ r ou r o r F om neath this stone blo d to heaven doth c y. or T t Had f eign foes , urks , or Mahome ans , S T artars A r n Had cythians, , abian Carava s , S P o Had cruel paniards , the pes blood seed , t Commenced the same, less s range hadbeen the deed, P r ro fest ou r But otestants , p Covenants to ur un O co trymen this bloody deed could 0 . Y et notwithstanding of their hellish rage T he noble Wharry stepping on the stage W r r ith cou age bold and with a hea t not faint, E T ur xclaims , his blood now seals o covenant E T r nding, hey who would follow Ch ist should take T r heir cross upon their back, the wo ld forsake . P A E IS L Y .

N0 t ear w as eeded an d n o w ron redrest h , g , W hile deeds of death w ere mat ter for a jest ; A t hou sa nd w ron s t he risin sp i rit c ru shed g g ,

A nd all to w is ered tones and looks w ere u s e h p h h d.

A MES A LGIE and J OH N P A R K were two

o o of y ung men, j int occupants a small

r Kenn iswood fa m at , a village four miles

- south west of Glasgow. ’ r r L - T hey we e app ehended on the ord s day , while I engaged in family worship . nformation had been o l dged against them as nonconformists , as men of ’ r n r ebellious principles , disow ing the King s autho ity,

r and defending the Decla ation of the S ociety people. T P u hey were taken to aisley, examined on the sual

an d r . A topics, then committed to p ison few days

the r after, Commission met for fu ther enquiry, and

n being i vested with Justiciary power, they passed

Of n sentence death , and appointed the afternoo of the

f r same day o carrying it into effect.

T ow r heir bodies were buried at the Gall G een , then the place of execution . ( 1 0 8 )

1 1 T 0 ombs tones of tbc Covena n ters .

In 1 8 3 5 a handsome monument, twenty feet m

r in height, was e ected by public subscription , place

o r of the old stone, on which is a m dern ve sion of the original inscription on one side of its base, as follows

Here Lie T he Corpses of James A lgie and John P ark Who Suffered at T he Cross of P aisley For R efusing T he Oath of A bjuration 1 6 8 . February 3 , 5

S tay, passenger, as thou goest by A n d take a look where these do lie Who for the l ove they bore to truth \Vere deprived of their life and youth T hough laws made then caused many die ’ Judges and Siz ers were not free He that to them did these delate T he greater count he hath to make Y et n o excuse to them can be two A t ten condemned , at to die S o cruel did their rage become T o stop their speech caused beat the drum T his may a standing witness be ’ T wixt P resbytry and P relacy.

O n another side

Erected by the contributions of Christians of diff erent denominations in and about Paisley t o renew and perpetuate a Memorial of the respect and grati tude with which p osterity still cherish the memory of

1 8 . the Martyrs of Scotland . 3 5 I I I P a is ley .

A third side bears this record

T he stone containing the epitaph transcribed on this Monument was erected ove r the grave on the Gallow reen o f o g , the place comm n execution ; and o n the occasion of the ground being built upon it was removed near t o this spot al ong with the remains o f rt or r o f r S the ma yrs by de the Magist ates, John tone , ”

P a tison . MDCCLxx1 x . John , John Cochran , etc

T he west side of the obelisk has the following beautiful and appropriate quotation from Cowper

T heir blood w a s shed In o conﬁrmati n of the noblest claim , O u r t o r r , claim feed upon immo tal t uth, T o t o walk with God, be divinely free,

T o r t o . soa , and anticipate the skies Y et r T v few emember them . hey li ed unknown ’ T ill persecution dragg d them into fame ’ ” A n d cha s d them u p to heaven . C A T H A R T C .

ln s oli t u des like th ese

T h p erse u ted hildren S ot ia fo iled y c c , c , ’ ’ A t yran t s a nd a bigo t s bloody law s ” T ere lean i n o n his s ea r h , g p .

OLMA DIE is about a mile south of Glas

ow g , and was the scene of as tragical an occurrence as any recorded in the “ ” history of the killing times .

n 1 1 th 1 68 o r O the May, 5 , Maj or Balf u , Captain

r P Maitland, and other troope s , came to olmadie, and

r T U r app ehended homas Cook, John rie, and R obe t

T hom . h T e ﬁrst two were weavers, and at the loom when the persecutors came to the house the other a land “ T W r labourer . hey were questioned, ould they p ay th P T for King James 7 to which they replied, hey ” r DO would pray for all within the election of g ace . ’ ” o ? T n y u question the King s election hey a swered , ” S r r ometimes they questioned thei own . Balfou

o sw re dreadfully, and said they should die presently, ’ f r because they would not pray o God s Vicegerent . ( 1 1 2 )

A L E H A M E G S .

’ T he erse u tor s deeds t eir frenz ied ra e p c , h g , ’ Live i n the ligh t of t ru t h s h is t oric p age

T eir idless ofﬁn i nfam di s la s h l c y p y , ’ W it h t reasu red deeds fo r man kin d s s cornful

H E moors to the south of Eaglesham were a favourite place for preaching during

the persecution .

r r - In the chu chya d, at the north west

r r corner, is the g ave of two ma tyrs for the Covenant , who were shot by a party of Highlandmen and Arden ca le Is t dragoons, under the command of p , on

1 68 May, 5 . T he tradition of the place is that they had been an d attending a conventicle, were on their way n e home when they were apprehended . O was shot at

ow lie - C p , a farm house which stood at the foot of h r - Mellowt e Hill, about three miles south west of

Eaglesham village the other escaped, but was over tak en about a mile further on the road . r T hey were buried in the chu chyard , and a ﬂat

r re stone was put over thei grave, which has been ( H 4) I I E ag les /4a m. 5 placed by a monument erected about thirty years

old r ago, on which is the insc iption, and the text of a sermon preached on the occas ion of its rem oval

. II VI. T H E R IGH T EOUS P SA CX . S H A LL BE IN E VER LA S T ING R EME

MBR A NCE .

H ER E LIE GA BR IEL T H OMS ON A ND R OBER T LOCKH A R T WH O W ER E KILLE D F OR OUN ING T H E COVEN A NT ED T E ST IMONY BY A P A R T Y O F H IGH LA NDMEN A ND DRA GOONS UNDER T H E

D F A R E P LE IST MA Y 1 6 COMMAN O D NCA 8 5 .

T H E E M EN DID S EA R CH T H R OUGH MOOR A ND M S oss , T o F IND OUT A LL T H A T H A D NO P A S S

H E E FA IT H FUL WIT NES S ES WER E F OUND T S , A ND MUR DER ED UP ON T H E GR OUND T H E IR ODIES IN T H IS GRA E DO LIE B V , T H EIR BLOOD F OR VENGEA NCE Y ET DOT H CRY T H IS MA Y A S T A NDING WIT NES S BE F OR P R E S BY T R Y GA INS T P R E LA CY

Wodrow r ]ames , father of the histo ian of the ff r n su e ings of the Church of S cotla d, was born at the

E 2 1 6 hill of aglesham , January , 3 7 , and was educated for i the ministry ; he was ntercommuned, and had o W ften to conceal himself to escape capture . hen his son was born, he was obliged to leave his place o n of c ncealme t, and being recognised, had a narrow escape. ‘ I I6 T omés zones o Me Cor/ma m ' f a s .

In 1 68 law 7 , when the was suspended against r P r r S long prosc ibed esbyte ians, the yn od of Glasgow and A yr took advantage of it to recommend James “ Wo drow to take care of the youth who had thei r

. E w eye to the ministry He left aglesham for Glasgo ,

r r whe e, four years afte , he was appointed P rofessor of

Divinity.

R r r His son , obe t, the future historian, studied unde

him , and while a student was chosen Librarian of the

osrtion . In College, which p he held for four years

1 0 7 3 , he was licensed to preach the Gospel, and the f in r E ollow g year was chosen ministe of astwood, a parish which lies three miles south of Glasgow, where 1 he laboured till his death in 734. He seems to have early commenced collecting

1 2 1 materials for his history, but it was not till May, 7 , an d e that the ﬁrst volume appeared, the s cond the It following year. is a very rugged outline of the history of the persecution , faithful and honest in its r statement of literal truth , but devoid of any g aces of composition ; notwithstanding which, it is a valu f r able record o the times, interesting for its ve y

simplicity. T he historian was bu ried in the churchyard of a Eastwood , which lies nearly in the centre of the p rish , k P midway between T hornlieb an and ollokshaws, where a monu ment marks his grave, on which is in scribed

F E N W I K C .

’ ’ O n F enw i k s mist -o er-man tled moor c ,

R ises the lo w l cot Loch oi n y g , A refuge for the piou s poor

In erse u ti n t imes p c g .

H E farm -house of Lochgoin occupies elevated situation in the very heart of the F enwick moors of , and was a place or common resort to many a wanderer in ” the killing times . No spot in the West of S cotland recalls so many associations in connection with the days of S cotland’ s

r troubles . Here many a weary spi it found an asylum when unrelenting persecution darkened the land and it has an additional charm as the homestead Of the

r Howies , whose family name is a household wo d through association with the writer of T he Scots W ” i orthies, wh ch, next to the Bible, has been the best read book in S cotland . Many a pilgrim ﬁnds his way across the moor to re Loch oin and visit the sidence of g , inspect the ( I IS ) F ’ en w zcé . I l 9

various relics of the Covenan ting times which are

there sacredly treasured . T he antiquary will feel interested in a curious col

Old r - lection of silve coins, twenty two in number, the

I r D earliest dated 5 9 7 , and insc ibed eus fortitu do ” — et S pes nostra God is our strength and hope ; also a well - furnished library ' containing man y vol umes of

a r . ntiquity, and a collection of manusc ipts A mong the relics of Covenan ting celebrities is the P to Bible of Captain John aton , which he gave his wife from off the scaff old when he was executed f or

C r E r 8 Ma the cause of Jesus h ist, at dinbu gh , th y, ’ 1 P r 68 4 also Captain aton s swo d , a drum said to ’ v D r ha e been at rumclog, a Covenanters ﬂag, and othe

r T he u m cu iosities . ﬂag is supposed to have been D furled at rumclog, it bears the device of an Open “ Cr w T P hinick Bible, o n, and histle, and inscribed,

R efor for God, Country, and Covenanted work of mation . T he family of Lochgoin had resided on the spot

r for nearly seven hund ed years, as no fewer than twenty- nine persons of the name of J ohn Howie

r have occupied the farm in successive gene ations . ff James Howie, the leading spirit of the su ering

n C n ot L och oin ba d of ovenanters, was a native of g ; Meams but belonged to the branch of the family, and I married sabel, eldest daughter of John Howie, with

Loch in whom he resided after his marriage at go . A the isin P fter r g at entland, many of the fugitives ‘ 1 2 0 T omés zones o Me oven f C a n ters . sou ght refuge in the wilds near ; the residence of the

Howies becoming in a manner their sanctuary, not withstanding its being under the S pecial surveillance

- r r of the soldiers, whose head qua te s were at Kil maw ock . Many a hair-breadth escape the Howies had from

dr the agoons , and great were the hardships and

r I p ivations they endured . sabel Howie had to

r leave her house , and seek shelter on the moo s, and many cold nights she passed in the moss . In

r this precarious way they lived till the fu y had abated. James Howie and his son were placed on the fugi

r o tive roll, and t eated as outlaws , but b th survived

t h R . 1 6 1 e evolution James died in 9 , and his son John

1 r reached the great age of 9 , and b eathed his last in 1 7 5 5 . T heir as hes repose in the same grave in the churchyard of Fenwick . T he old inscription on the gravestone was as fol

n r n o w lows . It has bee oblite ated , and is replaced by a different memorial of the Howie family

T he dust here lies under this stone f S on O James Howie , and his John Lo ch oin T hese two both lived in g , ’ A n d by Deaths power were call d to j oin T h r N w - T . e his place fi st, ovember t enty one , Y ears sixteen hundred ninety one T he ar second, aged ninety ye T he first of July was brought here Y r r fift -five ea s seventeen hund ed and y , For owning truth made fugitive

I2 2 7 0771 65 107265 o Me ovena n e f C t rs .

L P itforth A . r r aird of y, in ngus He had fou brothe s , three of who m gave themselves to the ministry

John , the youngest, being minister of T arbolton till

R r 1 66 2 the esto ation of , when he was ej ected by the A t W infamous c of Glasgow. illiam studied at St

A r r r nd ews under his cousin, James Guth ie , afte wards S a mart r of R efor minister of tirling, and , y the ﬁrst E I 1 66 1 mation , executed at dinburgh, June , . He was also a student under the direction of the

r S R r celeb ated amuel utherfo d, and was licensed to

St A s L r preach at ndrew was tutor to o d Mauchline , E L eldest son of the arl of oudon , where he continued till he entered upon a parochial charge. He was engaged to preach at Galston on a pre

aration p day before the Communion, where several members of the newly- erected parish of F enwick were ediﬁed present, who being greatly by his sermons, he was immediately chosen as their minister. With some parishioners he made choice of the ground upon and which the church is built, preached within its walls before it was completed . in th N 1 6 and He was orda ed 7 ovember, 44, had great difﬁculties to contend with, as many of the r people were rude and ba barous , and rarely attended a place of worship but so celebrated was his

preaching and devotion to his pastoral duties, that his church was soon crowded . w Many came from distant parishes , such as Glasgo ,

L r r N P aisley, Hamilton , ana k , S t athaven , ewmilns , and '

F eﬂ w zcé . 1 2 3

other places . It was their practice to come to Fen

on S S r wick aturday, and pend the night in p eparation i for the serv ces of the following day, and then return home on Monday. His great usefulness and popularity provoked the P j ealousy of the angry relates, who attacked him ,

r and by a Commission was suspended f om preaching. On a day appointed the cura te came to F en wick with

r r r r a pa ty of twelve soldie s, decla ed the chu ch vacant, and prohibited him from the exercise of his ministry . n l 1 66 Guthrie continued at Fe wick ti l the year 5 , ’ when his brother s death necessitated his presence An tal in gus . Here he was seized with a fa illness , in which ended eight or ten days, at the house of his

-in- L on l oth brother law, Mr ewis Skinner, Brechin ,

O 1 66 th . ctober, 5 , in the 45 year of his age

His remain s were buried in the church of Brechin . ’ In 1 8 n P the year 5 4, when Captai aton s monu was in ment renewed the churchyard of Fenwick, a memorial was raised to the ﬁrst minister agains t n t the south side of the church, faci g the entrance o the churchyard .

T he in scription is as follows

In memory of T h R W IA T E e ev . ILL M U H R I G , r ﬁrst ministe of this parish, and ’ I A uthor of the Christian s Great nterest .

1 6 2 1 . Born 0 . Ordained 644 I2 T omés tones o Me oven a n er 4 f C t s .

E P 1 66 j ected by relatic persecution 4. Worn out by labours and suff erings 1 66 he died 5 , rr r and was inte ed in the Church of B echin . r His active and self denying minist y, D through the ivine blessing , produced

a deep and lasting impression . T o r 1 8 his st ne is e ected, 5 4,

as a token of gratitude by the Christian public . With heavenly weapons I have fought T he battles of the Lord ’ F in ish d r a n d f my cou se, kept the aith, D n ependi g on his word .

T here are many martyr memories associated with

F nwi k the church and graveyard of e c , not the least interesting of which is the history of that brave

r P soldie for the C ovenant, Captain John aton , of

Meadowhead i . , in the parish of Fenw ck

In ar early life he worked on the f m , but left it ’ a f for soldier s li e, and served with distinction under

A r Gustavus dolphus , and afterwards at Ma ston Moor.

u t He then ret rned home, but was called out wi h the his militia of native parish to resist Montrose, and 1 A was present at the Battle of Kilsyth, 5 th ugust, 1 645 .

al W r r S He was so at the Battle of o ceste , eptem b er 1 6 1 r o r II. 3 , 5 , Whe e he f ught for King Cha les A t with his usual ardour against Cromwell . the close o f War r r S the he etu ned to cotland , and resumed the pursuits of his youth by taking the farm of Meadow

1 T o t 2 6 omés tones f /ze Covena n ters .

r 1 6 A 1 68 was t ied on the th pril, 4, and condemned own on his confession of being at Bothwell, then sentenced to be hanged at the Gra ssmarket on the

rd r th 2 3 , but eprieved till the 9 May. ’ He was buried in the corner of Greyfriars Church E Of yard , dinburgh, where the dust so many martyrs

lies . In Fenwick Chu rchyard his fellow parishioners erected a monument to his memory after the R evolu T tion . his memorial having fallen down some years

u r ago, a more imposing str ctu e has been raised, on which is inscribed S acred T o the memo of OH N P A T ON In Meadowhea Captain J , late d, Of ff r this parish , who su e ed martyrdom Gra s smarket E r in the , dinbu gh, h 1 6 t 8 . May o , 4 He was an honour to his country n P Dr O the Continent, at entland, umclog,

and Bothwell , n al ffi His heroic co duct truly evinced the g lant o cer, r r B ave soldie , and true patriot. In social and domestic life he was an ornament, A r for pious Ch istian, and a faithful witness truth, In opposition to the encroachments of tyrannical r and despotic powe in Church and S tate . T he mortal remains of Captain P at o n sleep amid ’ the dust of kindred martyrs in the Greyfriars

r E r . Chu chyard , dinbu gh Near this is the burying place of his family and

descendants . ' I2 F emvzcé . 7

Who A ntichrist do thus oppose, ’ A n d for truth s cause their lives lay down ’ Will get the victory o er their foes, ’ r n A n d gain life s eve lasting crow .

O n the west side of the churchyard lie the remains

F r u hill r W of John e g s and Geo ge oodburn, who were taken prisoners at Midland, near Fenwick , where

o Nisb et H ardhill they had gone to meet J hn , of , and P r eter Gemmel, who had assembled for p ayer and other religious exercises on a S aturday night in

r 1 68 . Novembe , 5 T hey had not been long together when they heard ’ L Nisb et n H ardhill s that ieut. , a cousi of , and a party

T he n r . of d agoons, were in search of them e emy soon came in sight, and spent an hour in a vain

r attempt to discover thei place of concealment.

T he r o r search was enewed the foll wing mo ning,

r f W r and p oved success ul. hen discove ed, they ﬁred hr r r the only t ee cha ges they had, and kept the soldie s

r at bay by using thei empty guns as clubs . Nisbet

H ardhill r v r r of ecei ed six shots, while the othe s we e seized and S hot dead upon the spot without trial ; the wou nded Nisb et was pinioned and taken to

E r dinbu gh, where he was executed on the 4th

D r 1 68 . ecembe , 5 ’ Wo o dburn s representatives still live in t he neigh b Ou rin r Lo r - o g pa ish of udon , at the fa m h use of Mains , ’ where the Covenanter s sword is preserved as a family r r t easu e . I2 8 T omés tones o Me Cove f n mzi ers .

A simple gravestone preserves the memory of these two confessors , on which is inscribed

Here lies T he OH N F E R GUS H ILL dust of J , GEOR E WOOD UR N wh and B , o were shot at Mi dland by Nisb et 1 68 and his party, 5 . When bloody p relates Once these nations pest Contrived that cursed S elf- contradicting test T hese men for Christ

Did su ffer martyrdom . A n d here their dust lies W aiting till he come . R enewed by Subscription . 1 8 2 9 .

Near the grave of Woodburn and F ergu shill lies

P in mr o an eter Gemmel , their associate a tyrd m , an cestor R ob ert ' P oll k of the mother of o , author of

T he T T he r Course of ime . memory of this marty may have suggested the title to one of his T ales of ” T he the Covenanters R alph Gemmel . stone bears this in scription

Here lies the Corps Of P eter Gemmel who was S hot to death 1 68 for by Nisbet 81. his party 5 bearing his faithful T estimony to the

f 2 1 . Cause O Christ. aged years

‘ 1 0 T omés zozzes o Me ovena n e 3 f C t rs .

T he gravestone bears this inscription

H E R E LIES T H E BODY OF JA MES WH IT E W H O WA S S H OT T o DEA T H A T LITT LE B LA CKWOOD BY P ET ER INGLES A ND

H IS P A R T . 1 68 Y 5 .

R ENEWED BY S U S CR IP T I B ON . 1 8 2 2 .

T his Martyr was By P ET ER IN LE G S S hot . By birth a T yger rather than a S cot Who that his mon strous Extract might be S een ’ Cut off his head kick t it ’ O er the Green T hus was that head which Wa s to wear a Crown A foot ball made by a profan e Dr u n ago .

In addition to these memorials in Fenwick Church

a in n yard , is stone dented in the wall at the entra ce n n gate to the memory of two atives of Fenwick , amely, R J obert Buntine and ames Blackwood , the former l th D 1 666 executed at Glasgow, g ecember, , the latter

I l D . at rvin e, on the 3 st ecember of the same year '

F ezzw zM. I3 1

T he stone has the following inscription

Erected In memory of R O ER T UNT INE B B , who 1 D c . 1 666 was executed at Glasgow, 9 e , and of JA ME S BLA CKWOOD who was executed at Irvine

1 Dec. 1 666 3 , , (both natives Of Fenwick) for their attachment to the Covenanted Work of R eformation a nd their share in the struggle of P entland

2 8 Nov. , of the same year. K M A R N K IL O C .

T ose men of old w ho s ed arou n d h , h ’ ’ Lov d mem ries re iou s u re a nd rand , p c , p , g ;

W ho Coila make t ee ol rou nd , , h h y g

T he enan n and Cov t i g L .

FT ER the defeat of the Covenanters at

r R ullion Green , the Gove nment followed their success by severe measures against any one suspected of bein g concern ed in the risin g at P entland.

F or this purpose , troops were stationed at variou s S n towns in the West of cotla d , and Kilmarnock was selected as the head-quarters for A yrshire of General

Dalziel an d his ruthless soldiers . F or years after a dark shadow was cast over the n district, an d many a dismal story of exactio and atrocity was left to ﬁll the local ann als ; the wanton cruelties of Dalziel being an outrage on humanity.

n- th T he old priso house , which stood west of e ’ n T Cross, was a loathsome du geon , called the hieves ” n Ho e, d used for incarcerating the helpless victims zI3 2 a

I T omés lmes o Me r/ ' 34 f Co ma ma s .

slightest pretence, and some were condemned to b e

r shot without even the mockery of a t ial .

In 1 68 r W was 3 , Maj o hite fully empowered to ﬁne and imprison all those who refused to ackn owledge E s the pi copal rule, or were supposed to sympathise

r with the Covenante s . It was in this year the Council granted him Justiciary power upon his apprehending John Nisb et — the younger, as he was styl—ed, to distinguish him from John Nisbet of H ardhill to prosecu te him on n the spot on the charge of bei g at Bothwell Bridge .

n at Ki n He was accordi gly tried lmar ock , and . n n se te ced to be hanged at the Cross . T he spot where the gallows stood at the south n b l cor er is still marked y a circle of sma l white stones,

and . N. the initials of his name , J “ Wodrow says he had a grave courage and staid ness when he came to the place of execution ; he

P . prayed, and sang salm xvi 5 , to the close , with a ” great deal of affection an d joy . Nisb et belonged to L n n the parish of oudo . His executio was the only

one which took place at Kilmarnock . His remains were buried in the Low Church

r - an bu ying ground upright stone marks his grave, on and and which is carved a pistol, cross swords, ﬂags , on l a sculptured scro l the words ,

L n n S olemn eague and Cove a t, d and Go our Country, 1 3 5 and underneath is inscribed

H E R E L I E S J O H N N IS B E T w h o w a s T ak e n b y ’ Maj or Balfour s P arty S uffe r e d a t K i l m a rn o c k A p r i l 1 6 8 3 fo r a d h e ri n g T O the Word of GOD and our

R ev. . 8: 1 1 Covenants . xii R enewed by P ublic C o n t r i b u t i o n 1 2 A . D. 8 3 .

On the other side

R NIS ET Come , eader, see , here pleasant B lies W hose Blood doth pierce the high and lofty Skies. Kilmarnock did his latter Hour perceive ;

A n d Christ his S oul to Heaven did receive . Y et bloody T orran s did his Body raise ’ A n d bu ry d it into another place ’ S S /za ll R ebels [ in Gra ve w zM me? aying, y ’ ’ ’ ’ Well r w /z E l- a ers be bu y b z w ere m o .

S ee Cloud of Witnesses .

Near the grave of Nisb et is a martyr-stone of R S wh remembrance to John oss and John hields, o uf Ed s fered at inburgh, and had their heads set up at

Kilmarnock. T he former belonged to Mauchline , and join ed the P w Covenanters at the rising of entland, but as taken prisoner a week previous to the battle . 1 6 T s ones Me 3 omb t bf Covena n ters .

T he latter was a tenant of S ir George Maxwell of

Nether P ollock . T hey were accused and found guilty

Of a K for c rrying arms, and of being at ilmarnock the pu rpose of bringing intelligence of the movements of T the soldiers . hey were tried at the same time with the f h n our martyrs w ose heads were set up at Hamilto , n N a d received a similar sentence . aphtali contains a testimony of Joh n Shields . A n n on Low upright sto e , the north of the Church , bears the record

H ER E LIE the Heads Of JOH N R OSS and J OHN S H IE L D S w h o s u ff e r e d a t ' E dzn bu rgb 1 666 Dec. and had their Heads set up at Kilma mb eb

Our P ersecutors mad with wrath Ire; ‘Jl In Edin S S members ome do lie, ome here . Y et S instantly united they hall be, ’ ’ 8: witness gainst this Nation s perjury W S ee Cloud of itnesses .

T he Low Churchyard has a third memorial of those natives of Kilmarnock who were sentenced to transportation for being engaged in the Battle of

r Bothwell B idge, and who formed part of those who suff ered such cruel misery during their conﬁnement

‘ 1 8 T ombs z es o Me o 3 oﬂ f Cm n o mers .

A LSO JOH N F INLA Y ff r 1 D 1 68 who su ered marty dom 5 ec. 2 in ras smarket E i the G , d nburgh

P eace to the Church , her peace no friends invade ; ’ ’ P eace to each Noble Martyr s hon ou r d shade r z T hey, with undaunted cou age , truth and eal ’ Contended for the Church and Country s weal , We r r share the f uits , we d op the grateful tear ’ A nd peaceful altars o er their ashes rear . IR V IN E .

’ By b aron s h all and kirkyard grey ’ T h mu rm rin rivers roll alon y g g, ’ O er eat ill t rou valle a h hy h , h gh y g y, ” R oman ti ri i n son c, ch g.

N 1 662 a E isco , after the est blishment of p in its e pacy Scotland, and for great r

A ct ai security, an was passed ord ning all persons in public trust to sign a decla ration afﬁrming it unlawful to enter into leagues and

all an d covenants , and that gatherings protestations in their favour were unlawful and seditious . Some royal burghs gave their adhesio n to the pro

. r clamation , and others refused Many magist ates throughout the West demitted their offices rather

' than su b s crib e the test . n N rd 1 66 n O ovember 3 , 4, a petitio was presented

n E R m to the Cou cil at dinburgh by obert Cunningha , P u I L n rovost of the b rgh of rvine, and Henry y n , one l in of the bai ies , name of themselves and of the

r bu gh, setting forth that of six councillors elected to s serve in the burgh, all refu e to accept, because they ( IS9 ) I O T ombs i on es o Me vena n 4 f Co ters . were not clear to subscribe the declaration appointed

r by law, and in consequence the bu gh is likely to be d isappointed of magistrates for the coming year. A t in h w a later period the istory of the to n , the

r h 1 r . On 2 t . 6 8 same spi it p evailed the 7 Feb , 7 , a Committee of the Council was appointed to intimate to the t own of Irvin e that they must ﬁnd persons to serve the magistracy who are willing to take the

r w allegiance, decla ation , and sign the bond , other ise ”

n . lose their privileges, and that agai st a preﬁxed day T he principles of the R eformation had been ﬁrmly rooted among the parishioners under the ministry of D I R . D the ev avid ickson , minister of rvine, whose P fame spread far beyond the bounds of his resbytery, with a zeal which exposed him to the rage of the

r bishops , who summoned him before the High Cou t e an of Commission , and succeeded in g tting him b ished ff N T S . to urri , in the orth of cotland

E r E By the intercession of the a l of glinton, whose

r Countess was an ornament to her Christian p ofession , n and whose i ﬂuence protected many faithful ministers ,

he was restored to his beloved people at Irvine, many families settled in the neighbourhood to have

on the beneﬁt of his ministrations ; and Monday,

r - being ma ket day, when country people assembled, he

commenced the delivery of a weekly lecture . He was afterwards translated to Glasgow and E r P D v dinbu gh , in both cities as rofessor of i inity ; he was author of various commentaries on passages

‘ 1 2 T 4 ombslofzes of Me Cooemzmers .

T hese hon est Country-men whose Bones here A Victim fell to P relates Cruelty ’ C on demn d by bloody and unrighteous Laws T hey died Martyrs for the good old cause Which Balaams wicked R ace in vain assail ’ For no Inchan tmen ts gainst Israel prevail Life and this evil World they did contemn ’ A nd dy d for Christ who died ﬁrst for them

’ T hey liv d unknown T ill P ersecution d ragged them into fame ’ ’ A nd chas d them up to Heaven

Erected by Friends to R eligious Liberty 8 t 1 c 1 8 2 . 3 De . 3 L O U D O N .

’ — O n Irvine s b raes a dreary b og

H ard b the forest -man tled ill y h ,

Slu mb ers the s a red ﬁeld Dru m lo c c g,

a T he home of b rave H rdhill.

E Loudon family occupy a conspicuous S an d place in the annals of cotland, did good service in their day to the cause of

liberty of conscience .

In 1 6 Lon don 33, when Baron was raised to the E dignity of an arl, his patent was suspended for eight years owing to his opposition to Court measures .

1 6 m I. He resisted, in 3 7 , the atte pt of Charles to force Episcopacy on S cotland ; was a member of the General As sembly of 1 638 and the following year he garrisoned for the Covenanters the castles of

S D T antallan . trathaven , ouglas, and

In 1 6 0 L 4 , having gone to ondon as Commissioner E of states , he was arrested on a charge of high treason

T n r and committed to the ower, but regai ed his libe ty, ’ and was permitted to kiss the King s hand . He was ( I4S) ‘ 1 T m s zoszes o Me ve a 44 o b f Co n n ters .

appointed Lord High Chancell or and First Commis s ion er of the T reasury in 1 64 1 but at the R estoration 1 was deprived of his Chancellorship , and ﬁned f ;

S cots . in E n 1 1 66 He died di burgh 3th March, 3 , and was L taken to oudon , where a vault in the old P arish Kirk L n s of oudo constitute the burial place of the family . N remams othing now but the gable walls . A ttached to the east gable is a square tower, on the n orth side of which a small grating looks into the n vault below . O the south S ide a ﬂat stone marks where other members of the family lie . T he Battle of Drumclog was fought within two

an T he miles d a half, and is as often called, Battle ” of Loudon Hill ; and the district around is full of

n L o Covena t traditions, while the graveyards of oud n , wmiln an n r Ne s , d Galsto prese ve the memories of the ff su erers . T o the east of the -T ower of Loudon lies buried one of those who died of wounds received on the

-ﬁeld D battle of rumclog . His tombston e has a crown carved over the in s i n f cript o , which is as ollows

HER E LIES T HOMA S FLEMMING OF

LOUDON H ILL . Who for His A ppearing in A R MS In his Own Defence 8: in Defence

OF T H E GOS P EL.

N E W M IL N S .

W ere the lon rass ran kl w aves h g g y , ’ ’ O er t he ol ma rt rs raves h y y g , P ou r t he solemn meed it craves ’ r ar In t he A u ld Ki ky d .

H E Church of Newmilns is a more cen tral meeting place for the parishioners of the

d r old ist ict , and superseded the church

of Loudon some time last century . It is a place of considerable antiquity, and many dis t ingu ished ministers ﬁlled its pulpit du ring the stirring times of the persecution .

T he ld T o r O wer, at no great distance f om the

P - r I arish Church , was the head quarte s of Captain nglis and his troops wh ose memory is still remembered in 0 “ ” abhorrence as a savag e scourge of the hill folk .

T he churchyard has its martyr memories . On the east wall is a monument to ﬁve suff erers f or the cause

Of r Of w P D libe ty conscience , Matthe aton , avid

W h Nisb et Findlay, James ood, Jo n , and James

N . P S Newmilns isbet aton was a hoemaker at , who ( 1 46) ' I N ewmzlf zs . 47 was taken prisoner after the rising at P entland ; it a n w s pleaded on his behalf, that as quarter had bee given on the ﬁeld of battle, he could not be put to death, a plea which was rej ected ; so he was con demn ed to be executed along with three others —R taken at the same time obert Buntine, of Fen r and R S wick ; John Hart, of Glasfo d ; obert cott, of D alserf. D N avid Findlay belonged also to ewmilns, but was at Lanark when he witnessed the Covenanting

r W party unde Colonel allace pass through, but had not then j oined their ranks . His story is a fearful examwe of the reign of terror W u nder Dalziel . hen asked what he saw at Lan ark

o d n he c ul say very little , being a stra ger ; so without further trial the General ordered him immediately to ’ S . n for r o be hot Fi dlay pleaded one night s prepa ati n ,

ru fﬁan v but in vain ; the was immo able, and, says “ Wodrow d s e , the man was shot dea , tripp d naked, ” a n d left upon the spot . W James ood was present at Bothwell Bridge , and when taken had no weapon of any kind but because ’ u r S r he wo ld not call the rising ebellion , and ha p s

r death mu der, he was sentenced to be executed at

Magus Muir.

N r John isbet, the younger, has already been e

o r membered in the Kilmarn ck reco ds . James Nisbet has also been referred to in our notice of the Glasgow r marty s . T m f o bs ones of Me Covezmnters .

inscription on the monument is as follows

D . 1 ER ECT E S ept 8 2 9 . By the P arishioners of Loudon in testimony of their deep admiration of the

noble struggle, in defence of the civil and religious liberties of their

country, against the despotic and persecuting measures of the House t r of S ua t, maintained by the under named martyrs belonging to this P ff for arish, who su ered and died their devotedness to the Covenanted

Work of R eformation .

A T EW P A T N M T H O , shoemaker in Newmilns who was taken in the R encounter at P entland 81 executed

w . D c 1 1 666. at Glasgo e . 9 th D LA Y DA VI FIND . who was shot at N wmiln s D 1 666 e , by order of alziel JA M ES WOOD taken at the battle of Bothwell Bridge 81 executed at m ir N 2 1 6 th . Magu s u ov . 5 7 9 JOHN NISBET in Glen executed at A 1 1 68 Kilmarnock . pril 4th 3 . and JA MES NIS BET in H ighside 1 1 1 68 executed at Glasgow. J u n e th 4

T hese are they who came out of

R . 1 1 great tribulation . ev vii .

Near the monument to P aton and the other n N sufferers , is one to the memory of Joh isbet of

I5 0 Tombs tones of Me Coveﬂa ﬂters .

u e ﬁghting had beg n , and came sword in hand, in tim to lead the successful attack upon Claverhouse and w his dragoons . Being a strong, bold, po erful man ,

he went on resolutely to all parts of the action , and

R ev . a the released the John King, prisoner of

soldiers, whose orders were to shoot him if overcome .

T he r r his eport of the battle , afterwa ds published by “ in M n son , a brief memoir, says , y father killed seve

men wn him and with his o hand, which much exposed i ” all his to their after aveng ng fury. A t d to the Battle of Bothwell Bri ge, according Wodrow a Ca tain an d , he was , p , occupied the post of n the n a n n his ho our at Bridge, mai t i i g position as long

as any man would stand by him . A n fter this he was de ounced as a rebel, a price set u n a nd pon his head, his property co fiscated, his wife n T and four childre expelled from their home , hey had w n r i to a der about in sec ecy , and find S helter n ’ many a solitary place ; and after four years hardship his devoted wife died on a bed of straw in a sheep cot, without light or fire . ’ It was some time before H ardhill heard of his wife s death and she had been buried some days when he f reached the place, where resh calamities awaited him . few His daughter had died a hours before his arrival , and tw o sons lay ill of fever . Un der cover of night his daughter was buried in Ston ehouse Churchyard the n next day troopers were o his track , but he

escaped out of their clutches . I I N ewmilns . 5

t m- s He was at last taken a Midland, a far hou e

P r about half a mile from Fenwick , where he , with ete

r W n an d an man Gemmel, Geo ge oodbur , old named F er u hill John g s , had met for prayer and religious i n n N 1 8 . T exercises the beginni g of ovember, 6 5 hey

n . had not been lo g assembled when Lieut Nisbet, a ’ H ardhill s w a in cousin of , ith party of soldiers, came

. N quest of fugitives isbet got his back to the wall, ef in a and defended hims l ; he ma t ined his ground , n but received seve wounds, and would have been h t e despatc ed by the troopers, but the commander d is H ardhill S cognised him, and crie , Ho it , pare i has ff 0 0 0 his l fe, for the Council O ered 3 merks for

he His three compan ions were shot dead , while

E r was taken to dinburgh, whe e he was tried, found n h guilty, a d sentenced to be anged at the Grass

D 68 . o 1 S . market, ecember 4, 5 died this valiant

Christian and faithful martyr of the Covenant . T he inscription on the monument erected by

r a his fellow parishione s, is laboured composition, wanting the stern simplicity an d ruggedness of the early memorial stones

T o t h e M e m o r y o f J OHN NIS BET of H A R DH ILL who suffered martyrdom at the Grassmarket EDIN UR th D 1 68 B GH 4 ecember, 5 . A nimated by a S piri t R v r which Genuine eligion alone could gi e Bi th, ‘ I 2 T ooz bstoﬂes c Me ve 5 y Co na n ters .

the pure ﬂame of civil 81 R eligious Liberty alone cou ld kee a li e p v , He manfully struggled for a S eries of Y EA R S T o T N D stem the ide of ational egeneracy, A ndliberate his Countryfrom the tyrannical A ggressions Of the perj ured H o use of S T U A R T

H rs condu ct in arms at P ENT LA ND. DR UMCLOG an d BOT HW ELL BR IDGE In opposition to P relatic Encroachments ’ 81 S R o in defence of cotland s Covenanted ef rmation, Is recorded in the annals of re si T hose opp s ve T imes . E DIN UR His remains lie at B GH, But the inhabitants of this his NA T IVE P A R IS H A n d Friends to the Cause for which he Fought D and ied , Have caused this stone T O BE ER ECT ED

On the west side of the churchyard is a gravestone t o t he o memory of John Mort n in Broomhill, a well

r o known Covenante , and the nly one shot dead on D the ﬁeld at the Battle of rumclog . A nother stone on the east side remembers John

in was D Gebbie Feoch, who wounded at rumclog, and died some time after the battle . Both stones are similar in size and inscription to L T the one in oudon Churchyard to homas Fleming. ’ Morton s is as follows Here lies J OH N MOR T ON in Broomhill own who , for appearing in arms in his d efence, and in defence of the Gospel

1 T ombs toﬂes o Me oven a e 5 4 f C n t rs .

" KILM A 1 68 P arish of in pril 5 , By CA P T IN LIS P A R T Y T e G and his , For h ir A dherence to the Wo rd of GO D ’ A nd S cotland s Covenan ted Work R n of eformatio .

’ ’ Cause I CHR IST S P rison ers reliev d ’ I of my life was soon b eriev d. B y c r u e l E n e m i e s w i t h r a g e In ' R that encounter did engage . ’ T he Martyr s honour 81 his Crown Bestowed on me 0 high R enown T I S l v hat hould not only be ie e, ’ But F orCHR IST S cause my life should gi ve G A L S T O N .

T h eir blood is shed In con ﬁrmat ion of the noblest cla im O u r claim to feed u po n immort al t ru th

T w alk t God o d n l f o w i t be ivi e ree. h , y

H E village of Galston lies in a ﬁnely sheltered hollow on the south side of

I -a- the rvine , and about half mile from

Loudon Churchyard . n n T he P arish Church is a spacious moder buildi g,

- and the burying ground has its martyr stones . On e of these to the memory of A ndrew R ichmond

was renewed in 1 8 2 3 . On the upper part of the stone is cut a representation of Galston Covenanters ’ ” “ S and Flag , inscribed For God and tate, Kirk Cove

n n an d R . . a ts, the work of eformation Galston God ” n r an is ever the same . O the othe side, open Bible,

- R ev . 1 1 with . xii , cut on its pages, and in basso relievo ur u n a ﬁg e of a soldier pointing a g at a man , between

n - and the f n in them a sa d glass, underneath ollowi g scription ( I5 5 ) I 5 6 T ombs toﬂes of Me Covezza ﬂters .

H ER E LIES A NDR EW R ICHMOND Who was killed by bloody GR A HA M of C[a oer-H ou se 1 6 June . 7 9 . F or his A dherence to the WOR D of GOD 81 ’ S cotland s Covenanted Work of R ef orma tion

When bloody T yrants here did rag e ’ Over the L OR D S 0 WN Heritage T o persecute His noble Cause By Mischief Framed into Laws Cause I the Gospel did defend

By Martyrdom my life did end .

In another part Of the churchyard is a monument t o R o f n the memory of John ichmond, K owe, a farm

r between Galston and Hurlfo d, who has been already r r ff efe red to among those who su ered at Glasgow. James S mith is on the list of fugitives in the pro clamation of 1 68 4. He lived on the farm of T hree wood ar and p , in Galston p ish ; having had a

r child baptised at a conventicle, became a ma ked m an . He sought a hiding place in the ﬁelds , but f was discovered by the soldiers , made a bold de ence,

r . but was ove powered by numbers , and shot He was buried where he fell . James Y oung and George Campbell were among ’ r d r r an d the prisone s conﬁne in Greyf iars Churchya d, w Off O I afterwards ship recked the rkney sles, when both perished .

T he R ev A . n . lex Blair was mi ister of Galston, and

1 8 To s ones Me ovena n e 5 mb t of C t rs .

Who was shot near Bank of Burn A n n by Captain Inglis and his dragoons r and bu ied there , also JA MES Y OUNG 81 GE OR GE CA MP BELL who r in 1 6 we e banished 7 9 , and the

R ev . A LE XA NDER B LA IR ff 1 6 who su ered imprisonment 7 3 .

On the other side of the monument is a pompous n dedicatio to the glory and honour of Galston , and those who assisted in erecting the memorial

T his stone is erected by public contributions in the r Of pa ish Galston , in honour of those belonging to it who suffered at the glorious era of ’ S cotland s Covenanted R eformation . May it stand for ages as a m onument of r abhorrence at ty anny in Church and S tate , as a grateful and well-merited tribute to tho se illu strious men who successfully struggled

to resist it . May it excite in the breasts of posterity an attachment o R o L t to the n ble cause of eligi us and Civil iber y, r r r r and if eve ci cumstances should equi e it, an ardour to imitate the noble deeds

of their ancestors . A Y R .

Cra dle of W alla e Bru e and Bu rns ! c , c

W at ild of S cot ia f air a nd fr e h h , e c , ’ ’ Can e er fo r et w ere er he tu rn s g , h , T o t hink of them an d t hee l

R th D a oyal Commission , dated 5 ecem b er 1 666 , , a number of noblemen and gentlemen were appointed to proceed at Once to different parts of the country to

r P i try the p isoners taken at entland , w th power to

o r n hold c urts , cite pa ties, examine wit esses , and take

all t o r r other methods discove authors , aide s , and

f r abettors o the said rising, and with autho ity to seize

u r r r pon thei pe sons, and inca cerate them till they be tried also to search their houses and other suspected

places . F or the more speedy carryin g out of their commis

o r r si n , they we e to divide themselves into pa ties , any t r o r r h ee of them t gethe , that they might go to seve al places at one time, to hold assizes, and pass sentence upon those found guilty.

11 2 2 nd D E ecember, the arl of Kellie, 3I5 9 )the 1 60 To s ones o Me oven a n e mb t f C t rs .

L - D r ieutenant General rummond, Cha les Maitland of

o r Hatton , and James Creighton , br the of the Earl

o f D r umf ies, proceeded as part of this Commission

A r tr r to y , to y twelve prisone s indicted for treason , P T for being at entland . hey were found guilty, r A r I and orde ed to be executed at y , rvine, and

Dumfries .

E n A r ight were condem ed to be hanged at y , but

r fﬁ the hangman efused to perform the hateful o ce,

and went out of the way . T he Irvine hangman was

r r o b ought to supply his place , but he also es lutely

declined to act, and was committed to prison .

In r r A r this p edicament, Co nelius nde son, one

of the prisoners, was prevailed upon to become

executioner, on condition of his life being spared . Even then the P rovost of A yr had to make him half drun k with brandy before he was sufﬁciently callous

for the work . T he bodies were afterwards buried in the church

r a ya d, where plain upright stone serves as a

memorial .

Inscription is as follows

Here lies the Corpse of Al r M°Millan James Smith , ex , ° l r James M Mil an John S ho t, ° ° M K rtn n George e y, J Graham , a n d J o h n M u i r h e a d w h o Suffered Martyrdom at A IR

' MA R T R S GR A VE A Y E Y , .

Ba k w ( c Vie . )

P a g e 161. A y r. 1 6 1

Dec 1 666 For their A dherance to the Word of GOD and S cotlands

C ovenanted work of R eformation . T his Small T ribute to the A bove was done by the Incorporate T rades ofA IR A n no Domanze1 8 I4 For the R ighteous shall be keept

in everlastin g rememb eran c e.

On the other side

Here lie seven Martyrs for ou r Covenants A sacred number of triu mphian t S aints ’ P McA am th e ontius d unjust S ntence past . What is his oun the world will know at last ’ A n d Herod Drumm ond cau s d their Heads afﬁx ’ H n r r o f eav keeps a eco d the sixty six . r fashon Boots, thumbkins , gibbets we e in then . L R D r D O let us neve see such ays again .

T he gallows at A yr was placed near the present

r c r railway station , and had a marty stone ere ted the e ‘ u of A M Gill who u r pon the body ndrew , s ffe ed N 1 68 ovember, 4. He was apprehended on the

T n information Of A ndrew hom , but we have o

particulars of his history. T he inscription is preserved in the loud of W ” itnesses, and was as follows

’ n a st ne b a llows o A ir u on Up o o lying esiae Me G f , p ‘ ’ Me B od o A r M ill zobo w a s a rebena etl b y f nd ew g , pp y Me i n orma tion A r T rn tobo s it era l Mere f of nd ew o , /f N 1 6 ovember 8 4. 1 6 2 Tombstones of Me Coven a n ters .

N T r S f ear this abhorred ee a uf erer lyes, ’ Wh chu s d T o to fall , that falling ruth might rise

His S tation could advance no costly deed,

S v L LOR D . ave gi ing of a ife, the did need ’ W hr v Wa hen C ist shall indicate his y, he ll cast ’ T he D ron ou n c d oom that was p in such a haste, A n d Incorruption shall forget Disgrace ’ D si n I r P e g d by the nte ment in this lace .

1 6 To bs ones o Me oven 4 m t f C a n ters .

in a His remains were buried the churchy rd , close to the east side of the steeple, where an upright stone preserves his memory, on which is in scribed

W. S . H E R E L Y S W S h i l l i l a u i l l i a m , who w a s s h o t a t Wo o d h e a d by Lieu‘ Lauder for his adherence to the Word of GOD and S cotland’ s cove n an ted work of R E FOR MA T ION 1 6 E 1 8 5 . rected in 7 2 7 . R 1 2 Dr enewed 8 1 bm inn an .

A n ew ston e has been erected to which the Old n inscriptio was transferred, with this addition

T his stone was erected by subscription in the year 1 8 2 4. A Y L E M B O .

N the old churchyard a gravestone preserves ‘ the memory Of John M Lymon t an d his

hal wn e A c to . wife, who liv d in

He suff ered much persecution during the troublous times for his adherence to the cause of the Cove n an ers R Ist t , but survived the evolution, and died

r 1 1 6 Novembe , 7 4, aged 9 .

T he inscription on the sto ne is as follows

Under these neighbouring monuments lys

T he golden dust of man and wife , Of pious line both soon shall rise r T o long expected glo ious life. r c T hey for thei constan y and zeal, S till to the back did prov e good steel ’ r F or ou r Lo d s royal truths and laws , T he ancient Covenanted cause ’ Of S cotland s famous R eformation

Declining laws of usurpation . R N S O .

H E beautifully - situated Village of S orn was an obscure hamlet in the days of the per

s ecu tion r , but the centre of a t oubled

district . in A curate was settled in the church, opposition t o the people, who were exceedingly hostile to him , and were not S low in showing their resentment . in A party of soldiers had a garrison the place, and

r a noted persecutor resided in the neighbou hood , whose name lives in the traditions of the district as ” T h bloody R eid of Daldilling. e site of his castle is still pointed out to the curious, as also the spot where his victims were hanged . T he last suff erer previous to the R evolution has hi — W s memorial in the churchyard George ood, a youth about sixteen years of age , shot by one of ’

Crai ie s n . g troopers , without questio or accusation T he murderer, on being challenged for what he had “ n W done , replied he k ew him to be one of the higs , ” and tl Ought to be shot wherever they were found . ( Iggy

M A U C H L IN E .

T hesealt ar stones of sa criﬁce In c arn ate t ru t h have st ored ,

W ere fa it in love-d raw n ara ters h h, ch c , ” H er red libat io n ou red p .

a small Common which Skirts the town

on of Mauchline , the side fu rthest from

R S r the ailway tation , a la ge ﬂat stone , ’ 1 8 0 renewed in 3 , marks the martyrs

grave . It commemorates ﬁve victims of the furious rage which crimsoned the land in that dreadful year of ff —1 68 su ering and death 5 the killing year.

P l S r P eter Gillies be onged to ki ling, in eeblesshire, a o n d was by trade a bleacher of cloth . S early as 1 6 7 4 his troubles began with entertaining a P resby

r r r te ian ministe , and encouraging him to p each in his house , a crime which gave great offence to the

P r and elatic in cumbent, led to his being turned out of his house . A Ure He again fell under the displeasure of ndrew , h Mu iravon the curate, while residing in the paris of

S r 1 68 r ar side , ti lingshire, in 5 , who o dered a p ty of ( 1 68 ) ’

M a a zn e. 1 69

r n soldie s to seize him for his nonconformity. Havi g m ade his escape, he continued his trade as a cloth

r d esser, but had to keep moving from place to place

to escape persecution .

A t A r last he was captured on the 3oth p il, in com

r in W r who pany with John B yce , a weaver est Calde , had come about some cloth which Gillies was bleach

. T he r r ing for him soldie s plunde ed his house,

threatening him with instant death before his wife, Of who was in a weak and delicate state health , hav

f w r T he ing become a mother a e days p evious . two men i r off were t ed togethe and driven like cattle .

T r r hey we e taken to Mauchline , and, with seve al

- r L . r D othe s , examined before ieut Gene al rummond.

T all r r hey met the same ough cruelty, and sha ed a

common fate , being condemned to be hanged at the 6 h town end of Mauchline on the t May. N fﬁ O co ns were allowed, but a trench being dug near the gallows they were cast into it. T he inscription on the memorial stone is as follows

Here lies the Bodies of P eter o r T Y Gillies, J hn B yce, homas oung IVilliam F iddison 81 r , John B uning,

‘ Who Were A pprehended 81 Hanged W T r A ithout ial at Mauchline, nno ’ 1 68 r W 5 , acco ding to the then icked s Laws for their A dhearan ce to the C o v e n a n t e d W o rk of R 1 1 eformation R ev. xii . . 1 0 To bs ones o Me oven 7 m t f C a n ters .

D D 81 D Bloody umbarton, ouglas, undee Moved by the Devil 81 the Laird of Lee Dragged these ﬁve men to Death with gun and su ord ’ Not S ff r P R W r u e ing them to ray nor ead God s o d . Wor Of r Ouning the k God was all their C ime . T he Eighty Five Wa s a Saint Killing T ime

E 1 8 rected by subscription in 30 . T he old decayed tombstone From which the above inscription

is copied lies below.

I 2 To bs ones o Me oven a n e 7 m t f C t rs . and when the opportunity occurred his outpourings r P m were like visions f om at os , which came up on

r r r eager listene s as the inspi ed utterances of a p ophet.

P r 1 6 2 6 eden was bo n about the year , in the parish

r n o o f S o n . O c mpleting his education for the minis

- r try, he was sometime school master, precento , and

- r r T r session cle k to the R ev. John Guth ie at a bolton

r New and was ﬁ st settled at Glenluce , in Galloway, a

r o R r II. sho t time bef re the estoration of Cha les , but was not allowed to remain long in the discharge of his p astoral duties . He was one of the 40 0 ministers who in 1 66 2 re

A ct P r r n fused compliance with the of a liament, requi i g all ministers to receive collation from the bishop of the diocese in which they resided before the 2 0 th of

S eptember . In the following month an A ct was passed discharging all ministers who had not accepted the

i 2 th 1 66 condit ons , and on the 4 February, 3 , letters were directed against P eden and other ministers in

Galloway, commanding them to remove themselves

and families from their manses , and retire beyond the

bounds of the P resbytery. His farewell sermons were preached under ex On citing circumstances, and continued till night. o r leaving the pulpit, he cl sed the door, knocking ha d “ on I arr up it three times with his Bible, saying , est ’ r thee in my Maste s name, that none ever enter thee ” but such as come in by the door as I did It so ’ I Ola Cn mnoM. 7 3

happened that neither curate nor indulged min ister

v r e er ente ed the pulpit during the persecution , and not till after the R evolution was it again ﬁlled by a P resbyterian minister.

N n P otwithstanding his ej ectio , eden had the courage to preach wherever he had opportunity ; but

r this only involved him in f esh troubles . He j oined

of the movement the Covenanters in the west , which P ended in the Battle of entland , but was not among

n . the umber engaged in the conﬂict His name,

ro however, was included in the p clamation against harbouring all concerned in the rising ; and when the general pardon and indemnity was issued on Ist

O r 1 66 P ctobe , 7 , eden, among others , was expressly excepted.

1 6 2 He was arrested in June, 7 , and condemned

R r to imprisonment on the Bass ock, whe e he was

n r conﬁned four years . O praying to be libe ated, his

n u S i‘ r r petitio was ref sed, and he with ixty mo e p isone s was ordered to be banished to the plantations in

A . On r merica the vessel arriving at G avesend, the captain of the ship ﬁndin g no preparations made for

r r their fu ther voyage to Virginia, sent them asho e to

r r shift for themselves, when the greate pa t returned to their homes after an absence of nine months . A r P fte the Battle of Bothwell, eden went to

Ireland for a short time . D uring the years which followed, he had many n a narrow escape for his life, wanderi g from place to T bs on es o Me ove 1 7 4 om t f C n a n ters .

place , with which haunts and tracts of the moors ' s and mosse he was well acquainted , and succeeded in

eluding the Vigilance of the soldiers . A t length his b odily in ﬁrmities increased so much him as to render unable to travel . He came to his ’ br r S othe s house in the parish of orn , the place of his

r r bi th, whe e he caused a cave to be dug, where a

willow bush covered its mouth . His persecutors getting information made many searches for him ; but

2 6th 1 68 6 he died peacefully in bed on the January, ,

n r t bei g upwa ds of six y years of age, and was privately

r A bu ied in the church of uchinleck , and in the aisle l Es . A o . of David B swel , q , of uchinleck

i His body was not allowed to rema n there, for

ur though he had never been condemned by a j y, a

r r t oop of d agoons were sent to remove his corpse, I after being buried six weeks . t was taken to the ’ gallows foot at Cumnock , two miles distant, and

r buried the e . T he intention of the savage commander of the soldiers was to hang it in chains on the gallows but the intercession of the Countess of Eglinton and Lady

k r A fﬁec p evented such an outrage . T he ground where the gallows stood became con s ecrated n in the sympathies of the parishio ers, and was appropriated as a burial ground for the parish of

Cumnock . A gravestone was afterwards erected with this inscription

’ 1 Ola Cn mnoM. 7 5

H ER E LIES M” A LEXA NDER P EDEN A Faithful Minister of the Gospel sometime of Glenluce who departed this life t h 2 6 r 1 68 6 of Janua y , A n d was raised after six weeks ou t Of rau f the g ,

and buried here, out of

Contempt .

MEMENT O MOR I.

’ P eden s A longside monument, a memorial stone

r T R f r marks the g ave of homas ichard, arme , Greenock m r r ains, a farm to the west of Mui kirk he was bet ayed P I l an d taken by eter ng is, cornet, son of Captain

Inglis . an man He was old , nearly eighty years of age, in hi n and had been di g for some time. A party in the guise of Covenanters came upon him in his conceal

and r ment, and requested him to read the Bible p ay S with them . uspecting nothing, and rejoicing to meet

n devout friends, he gladly complied, when, i stead of

z ﬁnding fellow worshippers, he was sei ed by them, and b D taken to Cumnock efore Colonel ouglas, who without trial or jury ordered him to be executed next day . T he inscription on the tombstone is as follows . 1 6 To s on es o Me one te 7 mb t f C na n rs .

H ER E LIE S the C orpse of T HO MA S R ICHA R D who was shot by Colonel James Douglas for his adherence to the Covenanted work Of R eformation on the day of A pril A NN 1 6 o 8 5 . Halt P assenger ! this stone doth shew to thee I r For what, by whom, and how he e did die . Because I always in my station A dhered to S cotland’ s R eformation A n d to our S acred Covenants and Laws Establishing the same which was the Cause In P time of rayer I was by Douglas shot . A h ! cruelty never to be forgot .

A nother martyr memorial in the churchyard

1 0 11 commemorates two names , included in this of the “ ” in r 1 68 —D Du n S P kill g yea , 5 avid and imon aterson , the former related to an A yrshire family who su ff ered

n n mu ch duri g the persecution . He had been attendi g R Kilmein a conventicle held by James enwick, at , a moorland district four miles north- east of Dalmelling ton, and was returning home, when a party of horse

r men pursued him , and succeeded in his captu e . T P aterson had been at the same meeting. his was T re the only charge brought agai nst them . hey we ld an d taken to the gallows of O Cumnock , without

n or r . trial, wit ess, ju y, condemned the same day Wodrow writes of this year In summer these

1 7 8 Tombs ton es of Me Coven a n ters .

in f r . to be tried o ﬁeld preaching, deﬁance of the law

f r r In the scu ﬂe several soldie s were killed, and othe s wounded . M‘ Geachan was the only one of the country people killed, but some were wounded. T he original gravestone is still preserved on the

1 8 6 ground close to the monument erected in 3 , and has the following quaint inscription

O n one side

H CR C LY ES JOH N MA C GCA GH A N W H O F OR H IS CONST A NT A DH eR A N CE

T O T H e WO R D O F GOD P R OS CCUT IN G T H C ENDS OF OUR NA T IONA L A ND S OLEMN LeA GUe A ND COUe N A NT S A ND A P P EA R ING F OR T H e R CS CUC O F M r DA VID H OUST ON ONE O F

On the other side

T H e P eR seCUT eD MINIS T eR s OF T H e Gos p eL S H OT A T B ELLO P A T H BY A P A R T Y OF T H e B LOODY DR A GOONS JULY 2 8 1 68 8 eR eCT eD A NNO 1 2 8 7 . ’ 1 Ola Cn mn oM. 7 9

T he modern memorial bears this remembrance l

O n one side Here lies J OHN M ‘ GEA CH A N who for his constant A dherence to the Word Of God P rosecuting the ends Of ou r National League and Covenant and appearing for the rescue O f the R EV DA ID UST N . V H O O , O n e of the persecuted Ministers Of the Gospel was shot at Bellow P ath by a party Of Bloody Dragoons xxv11 1 h MD L III t July. C XXXV

On the other side

T his stone was erected from the proceeds of a Sermon

r R ev. p eached by the Mr James Currie, of

r 2 8 A 1 8 . Cat ine, ugust 36 A IR S M O S S .

In a dream o f t he nigh t Iw as w afted aw ay

T o t he moo rland of mist w ere the mart rs la , h y y ’ W here Cameron s sw ord an d his Bible are s een

E n raved on the s tone w ere the ea t er rows reen g h h h g g .

H E r Ai rsmoss ski mish at , which closed the

Of R r life ichard Came on, is a dark page , o in the glo omy annals of the persecuti n . T he wild moorland Of A irsmoss extends

o several miles in every direction between Cumn ck,

. A r Of Mauchline , and Muirkirk bout a qua ter a mile

r r from the public road, between Cumnock and Mui ki k ,

of a large ﬂat stone marks the scene action, and is ’ ” - S well known as Cameron s tone, to which pilgrimages are o ccasionally made in remembran ce Of the famous

nd r preacher, a leader of a small section of Covenante s , n who, long after his time , were disti guished by the “ ” name of Cameronians . i R ichard Cameron was born at Falkland , in F fe, E where he was brought up as an piscopalian , and ( 1 8 0 )

I8 2 To b o e o Me o m s t n s f Co ena nters .

what to his j udgment was wrong must be cast out

r A s egardless of consequences . an illustration o f

r this directness of purpose, he was the ﬁ st to proclaim that the House Of S tuart had forfeited the British

r th one.

On 2 2 nd 1 68 0 the June, , twenty armed men on

r Of S r ho seback rode slowly up the main street anquha ,

- halting at the Market place . R ichard Cameron and

r his b other Michael dismounted, a psalm was sung, a

r Of r r p ayer fered, and Michael p oceeded to ead a paper, which is well known in the ecclesiastical history Of ” “ It S cotlan d as T he S anquhar Declaration . began by S rf disowning Charles tuart as King, he having fo eited his crown by perj ury and breach of faith to God and

r S his Covenanted Ki k of cotland, and declaring war

u with such a tyrant and us rper, and all the men of such A practice . concluding prayer followed the reading, T he and Cameron felt his work was done. declaration was n treason the , but eight years after, it became

R n n the evolutio S ettlement. It sent a ew current S n was i through cotla d, and the ﬁrst public test mony

I f a against the Stuart race . t roused a e rful revenge f N W on the part O the Government . O that the n m declaratio had gone forth, the deliverance fro

l f r bondage was sure to fo low, but not be ore the maste

n Of fu l spirit fell, leavi g a small band faith l fo lowers to uphold the standard.

On o th n the 3 June , a proclamatio was issued against R ichard Cameron and those engaged in the '

A zns moss . I8 3

“ r Off r r 0 0 0 f decla ation , e ing a rewa d of 5 merks or the better encouragement o f such as shall apprehend

a n r r r e or d b ing in the said t aito s d ad alive, and Of

r for r r r 3 0 0 0 me ks his b othe Michael , the p oclamation “ r r r to be p inted and published at the Ma ket C oss ,

E u r a nd r r of r dinb gh, Ma ket C osses the emanent head

r Of r r Of bu ghs the seve al shi es this kingdom , on the ” f T a north side O the water y.

r r v Jointly with this p oclamation, o ders were gi en

o for standing f rces to be sent west and south . Oaths

r r e we e multiplied , and the land mou n d because of r continual swearing. Many were fo ced to hide who

r we e in no way concerned in the declaration, such

was the reign of vexation and terror.

A r S r D R r fte the anquha eclaration , ichard Came on,

r an d r r his b other, about thirty othe s ente ed into a I league for mutual defence . t was similar in temper

r o ai to the decla ati n , and declared war ag nst all minis

r h te s accepting the indulgence, and suc as drive a ” sinful union with them . Meantime great numbers of soldiers were quartered

upon country families, and dreadful were the ravages — an d made cattle killed taken without payment,

r ho ses seized, houses spoiled, and incredible losses

r o sustained th ough ut all the country round about .

E o scape was alm st impossible .

For more than a week previous to his death, Cameron had been escorted by a b ody-guard Of

r - r upwards of sixty pe sons, twenty three of them ho se 1 8 T s Me e 4 omb tones of Cov n a n ters .

o r men , the others on fo t, but very indiffe ently armed. T he last night of his life he wa s in the house Of William

Of Meadowhead W r A r T Mitchell , at the ate of y . hat m orning a woman gav e him water t o wash his hands

o and face ; having d ne so, he laid his hands on his face “ T r I v saying, his is thei last washing , ha e need to make ”

for r are t o . A t them clean, the e many see them this ’ “ w o w W the oman s m ther ept, but he said , eep not for f r for O f me, but o yourself and yours , and the sins

for o rr a sinful land, ye have many melanch ly, so owful, ” T h and weary days b efore you . e people who re mained with him were in some hesitati on whether

o er for r they should keep t geth thei own defence, or disperse and shift for themselves . T hey heard

Of o r w o f h that a party s ldie s ere in search t em, all ir and they lay night in A smoss . Next afternoon

' a tro op Of Bruce of Earlshall s dragoons came m suddenly and unexpectedly upon the , about one

r - hund ed and twenty one men , well equipped , and

. It in good condition was a hopeless defence, but as

r r the e was no means of escape, they esolved to ﬁght

u t it o .

r o r f Came on uttered a sh rt praye , one passage o which has ever since thrilled through many a S cot tish “ — L r r heart ord , spa e the green and take the ipe,

r r him then turning to his b othe Michael , he gave a

r r NOW u s f ate nal pressure of the hand , saying, , let ﬁght it o u t to the last ; for this is the day I have

for I r for to longed , and the day have p ayed , die

1 8 T 6 ombs tones of Me Coven a n ters .

T he original gravestone is placed upon four high ’ o n pillars, with Cameron s name the head of it, the

o form of an open Bible, with the ther names round the Of sides the stone, and the following inscription

Lyes the Corps of th at famou s and

r Halt, curious passenger, come he e and read Ou r souls triumph with Christ our glorious head ’ In self defence we mu rderd here do Ly T O wittn es s against this Nations r pe jury.

Michael Cameron R obert Dick

John Hamilton Cap . John Fuller

a s R r P r e John Gemmel obe t ate son n i James Gray T homas Watson

a 5. 0 :s S E‘

~ a ( o 1 m Ia u noou a ne Ut ara sarurau a . po lq s q; m i q 2:

1 8 2 r In the year 3 , the g avestone was set up on a

r ten platfo m , three feet high by feet square ; in the A i ns moss . I8 7

r b e centre an obelisk was e ected, which may

r seen f om the railway.

T he r 1 8 2 date of its e ection, 3 , is cut on one of the sides ; the other has the inscription a s follows S A C R ED T o T he Memory of R ICHA R D CA MER ON MICHA EL CA MER ON J OHN GEMMEL J OHN HA MILT ON J A MES GR A Y R O BER T DIC K CA P T J O HN FOWLER T HO MA S WA T S ON

R OBER T P A T ER SON. M I K IR U R K.

A mon t he eat ills of le g h hy h Ky , W ere mu rmu rs A r w it entle moan h y h g , ’ T he pilgrim k n eels by P ries thill s pile ’ ” A n d piou s Cameron s S to ne.

N r u r the days of the pe sec tion, Mui kirk was

r a small hamlet, the solitudes su rounding which were crowded by the scattered ﬂock

of the Covenanters, and many a deed of c ruelty was perpetrated in the neighbourhood. It formed part of the parish of Mauchline till

r about the middle of the seventeenth centu y, at which period a place of worship was erected for the use Of “ T he Of the rural population , which was called kirk ” r r r . the mui , hence its abbreviated name of Mui ki k For many years past the iron furnaces have changed

r r the appearance of the dist ict, and given it a ve y different celebrity ; but many precio us memories Of the Covenanters are handed down from generation to generation , and are cherished by the devout heart as the most priceless inheritance of the dreary lo cality in the midst Of which Muirkirk is situated . T he churchyard has its martyr shrine on the face

Of the brae behind the church . ( 1 8 8 )

W E L L W O O D.

T he a uld c airn w here t he plover w ails A n d f ern or t histle w aves

“ 1 he reen s ot s i n t he w ilderness g p , ” T ere seek the mart r ra ves h y g .

EW districts in A yrshire afforded better concealment for the persecuted people r Old than this pa t of Kyle . It was

much frequented by the wanderers in ,

r r O f seeking a ret eat f om the fury the Oppressor.

It r P riesthill was he e John Brown of , the S teels of

Le - an smahagow, and others like minded, met to pray d ’ r W r n ead God s o d, as well as to strengthe each other Of in maintaining the cause the Covenant. T he Campbells of Wellwood House were subjected ’ to great persecution for conscience sake their man

was r sion plundered, and eve ything valuable removed ; two sons were captured and brought before the Council but their father su rvived his trials and

r R . t oubles , and lived long after the evolution

A r W sho t distance from Middle ellwood, in a quiet

r an and se ueste ed spot, skirting a wood, upright ( 1 9 0q I 1 Wellw ood. 9

o r r st ne , of small size , ma ks the place where a ma tyr f — W A — r Wodrow ell illiam dam who , acco ding to , was

r in no way cha geable , but while thrashing in his barn , ’ and seeing S ir John Dalz iel s company of dragoons

n - comi g, he went out by the back door to escape being

o . S questi ned eeing him ﬂee, he was pursued, and on

r being captu ed was instantly killed . T he inscription on the stone bears the record

Here lyes WILLIA M A DA M who was shot in this place by CA P T DA LZEA L and his party for ‘ b is a dhearance to the Word of God and S cotlands C ov enanted work Of r o r 1 6 refo mati n Ma ch 8 5 . P R I T I E S H L L .

Lis t t o the t ale o f on e w ho fau ltless fell , W hose h u mble t omb st o ne decks t he m oo rla n d dell F ar o n the moo r his lon ely co t w a s pla ced ” A ru de u n s ed u on he a e oli em t w s t . , p h g p

NE Of the most touching and tragic inci dents of the persecuting times was the

- r r o ro w cold blooded mu de of J hn B n , who is familiarly kn own in history as the ” Christian carrier.

f - P riesthill few He lived at the arm steading of , a

r T he was S miles from Muirki k . house ituated on the

r r . summit of a gently ising ground, f onting the east

He was the A yrshire carrier , a man of blameless or life, who had taken no part in the rising public de H is o r mon stration s Of the Covenanters . nly c ime r was non - attendance on the curate of the pa ish, and retiring with others like- minded with himself to the

r T u fﬁ moors for prayer and p aise . his was q ite su cient

r the to make him a ma ked man , and his name was on th list Of fugitives in the R oyal P roclamation , 5 May,

1 68 4. ( 1 9 2 )

1 9 4 Tombs tones of Me Coven a n ters .

her r . T Heartily willing, was eply his, he said , ” I I v r to do is all desire . ha e nothing mo e but die . “ h r He then kissed his c ild en , and said , May all purchased an d promised blessings be multiplied to ” “ ” . N0 re you more of this , roa d the savage Claver

r r t o ﬁre house, and orde ed six d agoons ; but they

r stood motionless . Fea ing a mutiny, he snatched a

r o u pistol f om his belt, and shot the good man thr gh d “ W . T the head hen turning to the wife , he sai , hat ? do , you think of your husband now to which she “ I ’ replied , aye thocht muckle O him, but never sae I ” muckle as do this day.

On r r S the spot whe e John B own was hot, a ﬂat

o wa T st ne s placed many years ago . his has been

o r r encl sed with a wall, and in the interio a squa e

pillar has been erected . T he original portion is simple in design and has inscribed

BR O W N mart yrw ho w as mu rdered in t h is pla ce by G R A HA M o f i 0 f ? I 11 deat hs cold b ed the du s ty pa rt h ere lies “ 5 H i: “i g O f on e w ho did t he eart h as d u s t desp ise $5 H c 2 83 H ere i n thi s placefrom earth hetoo k depart u re gr D“ N o w he ha s ot t he a rlan d o f the mart r 5 g g y ( D Z. EN “ Q 3 B h r d b Claverse and his b lood b a n d 8 g g u t c e e y y v <” ” ‘ nou l over all the lan d i F é c R aging most rave s y Q .1: ’ O h ly fo r ow ning Ch ris t s su p rema cy a 0 W ickedl w ron ed b y en c roa ching T yra nny “ 35 y g ggg ,“ ’ o er he to oo d g Eg:E N o rbi ng how n ear s ev g ' “ is b loo 3 E s teemed n or dear for a n t ru t h d . I 1 g {213 ﬁg 3 , y h A asneoag u ori eturOJau 30 paru eu anoo mp 0 ; rro w I P riest/t ill. 9 5

T he r r insc iption, it will be noticed, fo ms an

r n r - a c ostic . O the no th west angle of the new pillar is the following inscription

T his monument was erected and the adj oining grave Of John Brown inclosed r o r r by money collected at a se m n , p eached he e R Mil in ev. o wa e by the J hn , on A 2 8 th 1 8 2 ugust , 5 , r f r in commemo ation O the marty s .

O n the other side are the names of those who

r n r s upe inte ded the e ection Of the monument .

o r r r A J seph Mui , me chant, Muirki k, preses ; dam

‘ ‘ M r r D Cau l . . , t easu er ; avid Grey, surgeon , secy ; M

W r r L ei , teache , superintendent ; and James indsay, m f 1 r . T he O 8 2 6 e chant, convener date erection is . O n a small stone placed on the enclosure wall “ r T b I this passage is eng aven, hey that hon ur me w o r S ill hon u , and they that despise me hall be lightly ”— 1 S a m. . 0 . esteemed . ii 5

' T he monu ment stands in a retired and gloomy

for r t glen , a ﬁtting scene the da k ragedy enacted by

r Clave house, as a more lonely and desolate spot can scarcely be conceived . S T R A IT O N .

‘ A memory clings to every st eep Of lon -endu ri n fai t g g h , A n d the sou n di ng s t rea ms glad record keep ” Of ou ra e u n to deat c g h .

H E parish of S traiton is one Of the most W extensive in the est, and is the lake

t Of A r tw - dis rict yrshi e, enty three lochs supplying lovers Of the gentle craf t with room and verge enough for occupation during the summer season ; the districts around are rich in

r r traditions of the Covenanters . He e many wande ers

for r u met together reading the Bible and p ayer, and fo nd

o r . c mfort, as well as strength to endure pe secution T here were few religious books in those days ; hence the Bible was the constant companion Of the refugees

- Of . on the hill side, and in the solitude the cave T he churchyard of S traiton has a memorial of ‘ M H afﬁe r . T homas , who belonged to this pa ish He had many an escape from the soldiers before he was captured once on his way t o attend a conventicle at

o r d Mayb le , he and other f iends were pursue , but ( 1 9 6)

1 9 8 Tombs ton es of Me Coven a n ters .

A nother nearly twice the size has been placed

r r adj oining the o iginal, to which the insc iption has t been transferred, wi h this addition

T his stone was erected by subscription 1 8 2 in the year 4.

A second memorial of the Covenanters is in the

r same ground, in rememb ance of one who lived long — after the persecution a familiar name in the district a small stone near the gate Of the churchyard preserves

r o the memory of James Cla k , in Clem nt, who bore

n 1 2 1 . wit ess to the truth, and died 7 4 , aged 9 K M I H A K IR C E L .

' IT H IN a Of S r few miles t aiton , lies the

r Village of Ki kmichael , past which ﬂows ’ ” irva n s r - G fai y haunted stream . T heparish churchyard has its record of

r r C ov enanting days . He e lie bu ied the remains Of ‘ m for r M A da . hi Gilbe t , a martyr the Covenant For s

o or r 1 68 2 nonc nf mity he was taken p isoner in , and

r - in - carried to Dumf ies . His father law gave security f r r et o his appea ance when called upon, and he was s

r r reat libe ty, but failing to appea , he was taken, and

r r u také carried to Glasgow, whe e, ef sing to the oath, A he was banished to the plantations in merica. His

to r father advanced money purchase his f eedom, and

1 68 W n he returned to S cotland in 5 . hen attendi g a meeting for prayer in a cottage near the present

r House of Ki kmichael, a company of militia, com man d Sir A L de by lexander Kennedy, the aird of

Cu lz ean o . , surr unded the house Gilbert tried to

r escape, but was shot by the soldie s .

A e o an tombstone was plac d ver his remains , with in scripti n ascribing his death to the Lairds Of COlz ean éI 9 9 p 2 0 0 To bs ones o Me ove m t f C n a n ters .

Ball l and ochmy . S ome unknown hand erased these “ r o Old r two names f om the st ne, but Mo tality took

re- care to insert them, and they now remain as legible

as the original lettering.

A r s follows, in f ont

‘ Here lyes GILB ER T M A DA M Who was sho t in this P arish by T he Laird Of Colz ean and Ballochmyl for his a dheran ce to the Word of God ’ and S cotland s Covenanted work r 1 8 of R efo mation 6 5 .

the o ther S ide

MEMENT O M OR I. T his stone belongs to GILBER T M ‘A DA M who lies here ‘ S on t o William M A dam and ll Bessie F o ertou n .

1 8 2 o was In the year 9 , a hands me new monument Old is erected by public subscription, and the tablet indented in the side of it .

the front is inscribed

1 8 2 A . D. . Erected . 9 By a public contribution of a few

- T well disposed people, as a estimony r Of their adhe ence to those truths, and approbation of that cause in which this

martyr suff ered .

2 0 2 T ombs on es o Me ve t f Co n a n ters .

rv R in the days of persecution, su ived the evolution ,

r r u and was bu ied he e in peaceful sec rity in 1 7 2 8 . F or years before his death he set apart one day in

each month for fasting and humiliation , in the church

Of r o r ro f Ki k swald, whe e, secluded f m the noise O the

r r . wo ld, he passed the time in meditation and p ayer “ ” A Of r E r He published Book Ch istian xpe iences ,

r which has gone th ough many editions , and is still

r well known and app eciated in the district. He left a “ ” L A r ast dvice , which was p inted after his death, “ entitled A S oul - strengthening and C o mforting

r r r r C o dial, setting forth many st ange and ema kable

r Of p ovidences he was trysted with, many them in

answer to prayer . A gravestone marks the burial place of John

S ar r emple, a m ty for the Covenant, a man who lived ff a quiet, ino ensive life with his wife and family. He

Off never carried arms , or gave any cause of ence , ’ except for conscience sake refusing to attend the

E u r piscopal Ch ch, and for his sympathy in giving

r r r succou to some of the pe secuted wandere s . He

r a aIn st A . r 0 1 was info med g by lex Fe guson Kilkerran , and a party Of troopers was sent to capture him ;

r o . in endeavou ing to escape, he was sh t on the spot T he same stone bears the name O f T homas ‘ M Clor an r g , another whose life was sac iﬁced in the

r or . T he r o same em seless way original g avest ne, on

l r r which the O d insc iption can be distinctly ead , is laid

r O ﬂat on the ground in f ont of the belisk, erected in on Da illy . 2 0 3

1 8 2 in 5 , 7 feet height, and which is enclosed with an

ro i n railing, and bears this record

On one side

H ER E L IES the C orpse of JOH N S E M P L E w h o w a s S h o t b y K i l k e rra n a t c O m m a n d O f Co rnet James Douglas A l s o H e r e l i e s T H OMA S M CCLOR GA N w h 0 w a s s h o t uncertain by whom for their adherence to the Word o f GOD A n d the Covenanted 1 R e fo rm a t i o n 6 8 5 .

O n the other side

ER ECT ED

A D. MD . CCCXXV By a public contribution to the memory of those who for their Devoted attachment T o the cause Of T ruth fell Victims to D espotic power. B A R R H IL L .

Benea t t h b ou s t w o mart rs st a ed t eir s eed h y gh y y h p ,

W en t rou the len t he t roo ers a t ered t i k h h gh g p g h h c , H ere M u r hie fell and there fell M eiklew rick c , ’ Deep b lu sh ed t hy b lo o m s to mark t he mu rd rou s deed ;

Bu t rat efu l ea rt s w ill ere renew t eir vow s g h h h ,

A nd ra e t is rave as su mmer de ks t h b ou s g c h g c y gh .

H E parish Of Barr was especially obnoxious to the Government at the period Of the

r ff r Of pe secution , and the su e ings the people are remembered among the tradi

f r m tions o the district, and in the memo ials which ark many hallowed spots . A r short distance f om the village of Barrhill, on the

i Of Du isk r ght bank of the cross water , is an enclosure

Of masonry, one end rising like a gable above the level

f r O the othe walls , where a tablet is erected to the — memory Of two martyrs John Murchie and Daniel

M eiklewrick o O f , two y ung men, the latter a member

A ltercan n och r the family, the fo mer a young friend of

r T r o n his f om Barr. hey we e the top of a hill at

Wau chmill o , near Kildonan H use, when they dis

covered Dru mmon d r and his d agoons, on which they ( 2 0 4)

C O L M O N E L L .

F EW miles from Barrhill is the village

o f S Colmonell , beautifully ituated in an

In extensive valley . the churchyard, a martyr- stone marked the grave o f Mat “ M ‘ Ilwra th r thew , who, acco ding to the Cloud of W ” itnesses , was killed without any examination , by

o r r r 1 68 de of Clave house, in 5 . It is n ot improbable S ir Walter S cott may have derived the name Of Mu cklewrath in Old Mortality

r r f om this insc iption .

T he ar lines e now cut, with a slight variation , on the back of a gravestone belonging to a family Of the ‘ M Cracken name of , who lived in the neighbourhood

r many yea s ago . T he inscription is as follows

° I Matthew M Ilwraith in this parish Of Colmonell By bloody Claverhouse I fell Who did command that I S hould die F or own in g Covenanted presbytery W My Blood , a itness still doth stand ’ Gainst all defections in this land W cloud of itness . D U M F R IE S .

T he S olemn Leagu e an d C oven a nt

Cos t S o tlan d bloo d os t S o tlan d tears c , c c , ’ Bu t i t sealed freedo m s s acred cau se ; ’ If tho u rt a slave in d u l e th s neers g y .

H E R oyal Burgh of Dumfries was a central camp for the troopers in their ravages

ro N o A th ugh ithsdale and Gall way. t Of 1 668 the close the year , the inhabitants were required by the Council to subscribe a statement “ declaring that they detest and abhor the~ reb ellion lately broken out in Galloway and other places in the

W in est, and that they will not, in any way, assist or tercommu n e r with those conce ned in it , and that they were ready to venture their lives and fortunes against the traitors for suppressing their horrid treasons and ” r E r r S ebellion . very one was equi ed to ign this

r r . decla ation , and efusal to do so was looked upon as sympathy with the insurrection , and was punished according to law.

In 1 6 Of D 7 5 , the Castle umfries was garrisoned

0 oo 1 2 r r r with 5 f t and ho se soldiers , and th ee yea s ( 2 0 7 ) 2 0 8 To s on es o Me ove mb t f C n a n ters .

er r rr D r r lat Clave house a ived in umf ies, whe e he r r r qua te ed his whole t oop, and soon after began his — des olating raid Of which he writes to the Commander “ in - E r Of L Chief, the a l inlithgow, that there we re r o g eat ﬁeld c nventicles just by here, and great con

r r tempt shown by the people to the regula cle gy, and off L A that M at, ochmaben, and nnan were convenient

for o r posts quartering s ldie s , whereby the whole ” r count y would be kept in awe . T he Dumfries Covenanters met for worship in a r on S N la ge building the Galloway ide of the ith , which

T h - he speedily demolished . e S teward who co ope rated in this grand achievement was the n otorious S ir

R o r r o L . It bert G ie s n, of agg was here these two met

for r r r the ﬁ st time and became fast f iends , thei names

r o Of becoming hencefo th associated, in the traditi ns the

r r her dist ict, with the blackest chapte in history.

O n oth D r 1 666 T o the 3 ecembe , , the own C uncil Of Dumfries met for the purpose of receiving orders for the disposal of two poor fugitives from P entland who had returned to their native district and been

T r r a captured . hey were handed ove to a Justicia y tri l

A r at y , along with ten others who had been at the

R r r Battle of ullion G een , we e found guilty, and sen t en ced to be executed ; and having been found within

r D r m the ju isdiction of the umf ies Magistrates , to the was assigned the duty of seeing the sentence carried

out . Ffou r Merkland T hese men were John Grier, of ,

Dn mf mes . 2 0 9

W W n T and illiam elsh, of Carsphair . heir heads and right hands were to be aﬂi xed upon the highest place

r r r r an in the bu gh, so as to st ike ter o into d have a

r ff saluta y e ect upon the inhabitants . ’ A in S t r r memorial stone Michael s Chu chya d,

D r r r r r umf ies, ma ks thei g ave, and shares the inte est of visitors who come more especially to view the stately ’ S o N P R Mausoleum of c tland s ational oet, obert ’

u r T . B rns, which is erected very near the Marty s omb

It r o re- is an alta st ne, and has been recently set and

n T he r o o pai ted . insc iption is as f ll ws HER E LY ES WILLIA M WELS H P ENT LA ND MA R T Y R F OR H IS A DH ER EING T O T H E WOR D O F GOD A ND A P P EA R ING F OR CHR IST S KINGLY GOVER NM ENT IN H IS

H OUS E A ND T H E CO~ VENA NT ED WOR K OF R EFOR MA T ION A GA INS T P EJUR Y A ND P R ELA CIE EXE CUT ED JA NR 2 1 V 66 R E . 1 2 II 7 . . S T A Y P A S S ENGER R EA D H ER E INT ER R ED DOT H LY A WIT NESS ’ GA INST P OOR S COT LA NDS P ER JUR Y WHOS E HEA D ONC E F IX’ D UP ON T H E BR IDGE P OR T ST OOD O 2 IO To bs ones o t/w ve m t f Co n a n ters .

P R OCLA IMING VENGEA NCE F OR H IS GUILT LES BLOOD

R r epai ed . March, 1 8 7 3 .

adj oining stone is inscribed

H ER E LY ES WILLIA M GR IER SON P ENT LA ND MA R T Y R F OR H IS A DH ER EING T O T H E WOR D OF GOD A ND A P P EA R ING F OR CHR IST S KINGLY GOVER NM ENT IN H IS H OUSE A ND T H E CO VENA NT ED WOR K OF R EFOR MA T ION A GA INST P ER JUR Y A ND P R ELA CIE EXE CUT E JA N 2 1 66 R EV 1 2 1 1 7 . . .

UNDER T HIS ST ONE LO HER E DOT H LY DUST S A CR IF IC ’ D T O T Y R A NNY P R EC IOUS IN IMMA NUE L ’ S S IGHT S INCE MA R T Y R ’ D F OR H IS KINGLY R IGHT WH EN H E C ONDEMNS T HES E H ELLIS H B R UGES BY S UFFR A GE S A INT S S HA LL J UDGE T HEIR JUDGES

2 1 2 ombs tones o Me ve e f Co na nt rs .

IST ’S KINGLY GOVE R NMENT IN H IS H O US E A ND T H E COV E NA NT E D WOR K OF R EFOR MA T ION A G A INS T T IR R A NIE P ER JUR IE A ND P R E IE 1 68 R EV LA C 5 .

1 2 . I I.

BY BLOODY BR UCE A ND WR E T CHED WR IGHT I LOST MY LIFE IN GR EA T DES P IGHT S HOT DEA D WIT HOUT DUE T IME T O T R Y A ND FIT T ME F OR ET ER NIT Y A WIT T NES S OF P R ELA T ICK R A GE A E A S EVER WA S IN A NIE G .

Close by the gravestones Of the martyrs has been n in erected a gra ite obelisk, with this scription

On one side

Near this spot were deposited the remains 0 f WILLIA M GR IER S ON and WILLIA M WELS H who suff ered unto death for their adherence to the prin ciples Of the R eformation 2 1 6 Jany . 6 7 . 2 1 D u mf ries . 3

also Of JA MES KIR K Sho t on the S ands Of Dumfries

r 1 6 R ev 1 2 . . Ma ch 8 5 . 3

O n the other side

’ T he Martyrs o M nument, erected by the voluntary contributions O f P ersons who revere the memory and admire the principles Of the suff erers for conscience P r sake, during the e secution S o in cotland, aided by a collecti n made at a r r se mon p eached on the spot by the R ev. f William Symin gton O S tranraer. I MDCCCXXX V.

’ ’ DrSymington s sermon was preached in St Michael s

1 6 1 8 1 . A o w Churchyard, June , 3 n ther discourse as

r W n S 2 1 8 8 delive ed by him at igtow , eptember 4, 4 , in aid of a fund for erecting a monument in honour Of the martyrs whose ashes repose in the churchyard of the parish . B oth sermons have been published . G L E N A I R N C .

’ I s too d b t he mart r s lonel rave y y y g , W h ere t he ﬂow ers o f the moo rlan d b loo m ; W here b righ t mem orials O f n a t u re w ave

’ S weet erf u me o er the slee i n b ra ve p p g , In his moss - cla d mou n tain t omb

H E r Of r N pa ish Glencai n , in ithsdale, con tain ed many worthy followers Of the f Covenant, who endured great a ﬂiction the for their adherence to cause, and ’ some of whom sacriﬁced their lives for the truth s he sake . T lonely dells and solitudes of the district

f r around were ﬁlled with su fere s , but no retreat was

fﬁ r su ciently secure f om informers, who, from time t o e time, basely assum d the guise of sympathy with the persecuted people, that they might the better discover and guide the troopers to their places of concealment . Of A t Ingliston was an extensive cave, capable accommodating a number of persons , which had been

r a retreat for many years , and was conside ed a place

r T o f who of g eat security. this place an in ormer, h r ad done much service in the same way, led a pa ty ( 2 1 4)

2 I6 To bs ones o Me oven a n er m t f C t s .

T he bodies were buried in the churchyard of i r o Glenca rn , whe e ﬂat st nes , enclosed by an iron r are ailing, mark the graves, on which inscribed

r r to He e lyes John Gibson , Marty , shot death by ’ C0 1 Douglas and Livingston s dragoons En lestou n r for r at g in Glencai n , adhe ing to the ’ W r ov r ord of God, Ch ist s Kingly G e nment, inhis house, W r Of R r and the Covenanted o k efo mation, t ran r r r A r 2 8 against y y, pe ju y, and p elacy, p yl , 1 6 8 1 2 1 1 R ev. 5 . . ’ ’ r My soul s in heaven, he e s my dust By Wicked sentence and unjust S o o f r h t dead , convicted no c ime , n on But compliance with the time, ’ W r o d hen Babel s basta d had c mman , ’ A n ro r rul d n d monst us ty ants the la d.

r Benn och S He e lyes James , hot to death by ’ C0 1 D L o o ouglas and ivingston s drag ns, En leston in n at g Glencair , ’ t o W r Of r for adhering the o d God , Ch ist s Kingly r o Gove nment, in his house , and the C venanted W r Of R r r n r r o k efo mation , against ty a ny, pe ju y, 6 1 d r A 2 8 1 8 . R ev . 2 1 1 . an p elacy, pryl , 5 Here lies a monument o f P opish wrath ; ’ ’ ’ Because Im n ot p erju r d Im S hot to death By cruel hands ; men go dless and unj u st ’ Di r d sac iﬁce my blood to Babel s lust .

n R E R r O obert dgar and obe t Mitchell, both under one stone

r R o r E r R He e lyes be t dga and obert Mitchell, r r b v Do Ma ty s, shot to death Colonel uglas Glen ca irn : 2 1 7

’ an d L o En lestou n ivingston s drag ons , at g in ’ for r Wor r Glencairn , adhe ing to the d of God, Ch ist s r o Kingly Gove nment, in his house, and the C venanted W r Of R o t ra n r o k ef rmation against y y, pe jury, and r p elacy, 8 1 6 1 1 1 A r 1 2 8 . R ev . 2 p y , 5 . . r o r Halt , passenge , tell if th u eve saw t o e w o r e Men shot d ath ith ut p oc ss of law, We two Of four who in this churchyard ly T Of P r hus felt the rage opish ty anny.

In I a garden at ngliston , about a mile to the

- Of r r r south west Glencairn Chu chya d, is an up ight

f ro stone, two eet high by two feet and a half b ad, with this in scription

In this yard were shot Benn och John Gibson, James , R o r E R be t dgar, obert Mitchell, an d R o r r be t G ierson , A 2 8 1 68 pril , 5 , ’ by C olonel Douglas and Livingston s ’ Dr oo for r r ag ns , adhe ing to C h ist s Kingly Gov ernment in His Church i t ran er urie relac e. against y nie , p j , and p

A r Of thorn bush, about thirty ya ds to the east

o ou t r the stone, is p inted as the spot where they we e shot . T N Y N R O .

’ Cu t dow n like t he ﬂow er 0 the v alle a t morn , y , T he vi ne i n i ts beau ty lies t rampled a nd t o rn ;

h s d h a ers a e b een T e la t ra e is rus he w here t e re h v , g p c , p ” - a b the s am A n d p u rples like h ea t h b ell the me d y tre .

H E parish o f Glencairn has a record of an other Victim about the same time as

I ar tho se at ngliston , and ne the same —W S place illiam mith , a young man ,

In 1 6 only nineteen years of age. 8 5 the house of

Caitlo ch was occupied as a garrison by the troopers ,

u r f w n rers who ravaged the co nt y round in search o a de .

In one of these raids, Cornet Baillie met this country ’ T r man in the ﬁelds near his father s house. he e was no charge against him , but for refusing to answer

. questions, he was taken to the garrison His father L r Maxwel immediately applied to his master, au ie of

K r town , to meet Baillie at the i k of Glencairn , with the hope of Obtaining the liberation of his son, but Laurie had n o sympathy with the Covenanters and

r S on meeting the Co net, young mith was again f interrogated , and again re using to answer satis ( 2 1 8 )

M IN N Y H IV E .

’ Y et long for t h em the poet s lyre

a ke its n otes of eavenl ﬁre S h all w h y , ’ T hei r n ame s hall n erve t he pa t riot s h an d ” a si nkin lan Upraised to s ave g d .

of N the ancient farm Knees , in the parish

Of Glencairn, near the pleasant Village

Minn hive o of y , st od an humble cottage occupied by A ndrew R enwick and his

r r wife, both wa mly attached to the p inciples of the o O R eformation , and whose lowly r of was ften sought f r r for shelter by many O the wande ers , who found the e

r . a refuge , and had thei wants supplied in time of need f v A ndrew followed the occupation O a wea er, and was contented with his lot in life, ﬁnding his of S highest enj oyment in the ministry John emple,

aim and r Of Carsph , he his wife t avelling long distances r T to attend sacramental se vices . hey had several 1 th children , who died in infancy ; and on the 5

1 66 2 R , February, , when James enwick their only r O r living son , was born , a p ayer was devoutly ffe ed ’ for his life to be spared and spent in his Master s ( 2 2 0 ) / e [Ki n ny nin .

—a service request which was granted, and the child

r r L was treasu ed as a gift f om the ord . He early began to S how signs Of wonderfu l pre cocit s r r r y, as a child ma te ing the ﬁ st elements of ead

ere r r r an d ing he had eached his sixth yea , he ead

r an d o r b ooded over his Bible, his th ughts wande ed

r to the invisible wo ld . His whole soul was in books

r and study, and he made f iends who assisted the r r o f are p omise such a boyhood . He was sent to E U dinburgh niversity, where he supported himself by ’ teaching gentlemen s sons . Having ﬁnished his

r e to studies with honou , he r fused take the oath of

r sup emacy necessary to Obtain his degree . A t this time a transformation had taken place in r ro of his whole characte , f m being a witness the Of D al r Gra ssmarket execution on d Ca gill , at the ,

ur 2 h 1 68 1 E t . dinb gh, 7 July, He was then only nine

r teen years of age, but became so imp essed with the ’ Of r a spectacle the marty s death, that he p ssed at

lot once into manhood, and cast in his amongst the persecuted remnant. He entered with a burning

r l enthusiasm upon his warfa e, maintaining the O d

n Of the o pri ciples strict Covenanters , insisting up n a ’ separation from all trimmers w a lking u naer Me colou rs o P resb teria nism O f f y , and above all a disowning the

r perjured and tyrannical House of S tua t.

A r fter visiting Holland, and the e receiving license

r t S n ew to p each, he re urned to cotland to give a and vigorous impulse to the extreme section of the Cove 2 2 2 To s ones o Me v mb t f Co en a n ters . n an ters , adding the weight of his learning and elo

n c qu e e to the Cameronian cause . He gave coherence an d smoothness to the organised societies, and fresh r O life to thei perations, developing their principles ,

r and expounding thei plans of action, and training

r F or them to mode ation and mutual forbearance .

r yea s he led a wandering life , preaching whenever he

u fo nd an Opportunity.

A S D i 2 8 fter the second anquhar eclarat on , dated th 1 68 May, 5 , which he penned, protesting against a

o P D Y n n pr fessed apist, like the uke of ork , asce di g

II. the throne as James , and denying his authority as

for . King, he became a mark immediate persecution A reward Of one hundred pounds was Offered for

and his head , ﬁfteen distinct searches were made

' for him in diﬁerent parts Of the country ; his activity

was amazing ; he passed from parish to parish,

r baptising, preaching, catechising , and p otesting

a gainst the indulgence, till his health gave way, and he had at length to be carried to the place where he

was to preach . T he proclamation issued for his capture set forth

A n in r Of R d if the pu suit the said James enwick ,

f r n he or any O his associates esisting to be take , any

of our subj ects shall happen to kill or mutilate him ,

Of r o or any them , we he eby declare that they nor n ne h of them s all be called in question, and that their doing thereof shall be reputed good and acceptable ” S ervice to us .

2 T bs ones Me 2 4 om t of Covena n ters .

R enwick that the nation has been so much troubled ” with ? He was put in irons and c ommitted to

r r p ison, then t ied and condemned to be executed ;

r r but was eprieved for th ee days, during which time he was visited by Episcopalians and others who tried in vain to persuade him to petition for his life ; he was weary and worn with constan t wandering ; and

r t feeling his end was near, pe haps wished to die wi h a

public testimony on his lips . O n the 1 7 th February a vast assemblage Of pe ople gathered in the Grass market to witness for r r S his execution, his fame had sp ead ove cot

land, and his youth excited the deepest sympathy ; while a presentiment impressed the spectators that

Of rh r r this was the last a noble brothe ood of ma ty s .

l o rd P l th He sang the 3 salm , then read the g

r R r chapte of evelation , and prayed ; his last wo ds “ r L I r we e, ord, into thy hands commit my spi it

L Of r for thou hast redeemed me, ord God t uth ; and this brave spirit passed away in the twenty

S ixth year of his age . His body was buried in ’ r r r r E u G eyf iars Chu chya d, dinb rgh, where his name ’ ” r is recorded upon the Martyrs Memo ial . On a portion of rising ground n ear the village of

Minn hive 1 8 2 8 in y , a monument was erected in , with a hundred yards Of the place where he is supposed to

It -ﬁve have been born . is twenty feet high, and bears this inscription 2 2 M i n ny b ine. 5

In memory Of the late

R ev. R James enwick , the last who suffered to death for attachment to the Covenanted Cause of r S o r Ch ist in c tland ; bo n, near this spot, 1 r 1 662 5 th Feb uary, , an r r E n ur d executed at the G ass Ma ket, di b gh, 1 ru r 1 68 8 7 th Feb a y, , T he r r n righteous shall be in eve lasting emembra ce .

Er r 1 8 2 8 . ected by subsc iption A . D.

T he Stirling Cemetery has a sculptured repres en tation R Of of James enwick , the last the martyrs for

o - religi us liberty ; it is a full length statue, cut in stone, r t H an d side R E f om the s udio of the late y itchie, din ’ o n h L burgh, and is placed the margin of T e adies ” It or r R o ck . f ms one of a memo able group of S cots

W r o orthies , Knox , Melville, Hende s n , and James

hr o Of r Gut ie, whose statues attract the attenti n Visito s

r t r to this lovely ga den of sepul u e, and add to the historical associations which surround the ancient

Castle of Stirling. D U R I D E E S R .

’ O h I drear d rear w as the lot o f S cotlan d s t ru o n s e y , y, e e th n

A fami ne-s tri ken remnant w eari n s a r e t he u is e Of men c , g c c g ’ T e b u rrow ed few and lonel mid t he ill dan k mou n ta in h y , y, ch , ,

aves c , F o r t ho se w ho o n ce had sheltered t h em w ere in thei r mart yr ” g raves !

H E r - Dalz ien fa m house of , in the valley of

S r r of P rt the ea , pa ish enpont, was the bi h

of r D place the brothe s , James and aniel ‘ M Michael v o r of , both de oted foll we s the

r pe secuted cause of the Covenant, but men of very different temperament . James was a man of bold an d

r o r hasty tempe , easily r used to great ene gy, but want

r o r ou ing in disc etion , and ftentimes eckless of c se

u en ces A irsmos s q ; he distinguished himself at , and succeeded in making his escape from the ﬁeld when

n or he saw the day lost, and the leaders slai captured. He was expelled the societies for 11 15 rash and

o O f P r P r o r o f unwarranted S ho ting ete ie s n , the cu ate Carsphai rn but he still adhered to the persecuted ( 2 2 6)

e e a 2 2 8 Tombs tones of M Cov n n ters .

Lu r fo A n led their company to g ot. alarm of thei r

r r for app oach being given , the little party prepa ed ‘ n M Micha el instant ﬂight, and bei g unwilling to leave ,

r they emoved him, wrapped in warm bedclothes, and conveyed him with all speed to a cave in the neigh

b ou rhood.

r r He e the soldie s followed, and they had again to

o r ﬁnd another retreat, under the pr jecting brow ove a

- r mountain stream, but some blood hounds the soldie s took with them scented out the place of his conceal

r r r r ment . He was me cilessly dragged f om his et eat,

D r and carried to urisdeer, where he was kept a p isoner

r till next day, and then taken to the garrison on C aw ford Moor . T he feeble state Of his body rendering the j ourney

troublesome, the soldiers halted at the entrance of the D P r alveen ass, dete mined to rid themselves of the

P r him t o burden by ending his life . e mitting pass a

r r sho t time in devotional exercises, he then add essed himself to Dalziel on the wickedness Of his work in persecuting the Church ; a napkin was tied over his

r r face, four soldie s ﬁ ed their muskets, and this worthy

witn ess for the truth passed to his rest. Few names in his humble walk Of life have more graced the annals of martyrdom than that Of Daniel

M ‘ Micha el r r , and his memo y is warmly che ished among the traditions Of the neighbourhood ; his mangled body was taken to the churchyard Of Duris

u deer, and b ried close by the east wall of the church , ' ’ D a ms a een. 2 2 9

where a ﬂat gravestone marks the place, on which is inscribed

‘ r L D M Michel He e yes aniel , Martyr S hot Dead at Dalveen ir D By S John alziel , For His A r T o W r r dhe ing the o d of God, Ch ists Kingly Government in His House A n d the Covenanted Work of R eformation

A T P r P . gainst yranny, e jury and relacy

1 68 R ev. 1 2 . 1 1 . 5 .

’ A S D n L aniel cast was i to yon s den , F or praying unto God and not to men T L o r o hus y ns c uelly dev ured Me , ’ F or T bearing witness to ruth s testimony, I rest in peace till Jesus rend the cloud ’ A n d w judge t ixt Me and those who shed my blood .

In 1 8 6 n - n 3 , when the prese t farm house was bei g

built, a small monument was erected to mark the spot where he was shot ; it is enclosed with an iron r n railing , and has the following insc iptio

S acred T o the Memory of ‘ Daniel M Michael Who S uff ered Martyrdom here i ll 1 Dalz . . 8 D 6 . By S ir John e A . 5 1 8 6 Erected 3 . D A L G A R N K O C .

R ich w it h the spoil t heir glo riou s deeds had w on , ’ A nd u rchas d f reedom to a lan d u n do n e p , A lan d w hich o wes i t s glory a n d i ts w o rt h ’ T o t ose w om t ran t s b a nish d rom th e h h y f e arth .

H E romantic churchyard of the suppressed

o f Dal arn ock parish g , stands on a beauti

ful plain on the east side of the Nith . Every vestige o f the Old church has long

since disappeared . but the ground is still used as one Of the bu rial places of the district ; it was incorporated

r 1 the with Closebu n in the 7 th century, and was resting place o f many persecuted families during the

Covenanting period . T he name Of Harkness is especially noted in the

r annals of Nithsdale. T he e were two brothers — James and T homas both of whom were leaders of

the party, and became particularly obnoxious to the “ Government . James was celebrated as Harkness ” T “ with the long gun , and homas was styled Hark r ness with the white hose . Frequent overtures we e made to gain James over to the ruling power but he

r f r r wa p O against every temptation , preferring athe ? 2 30 p

2 T tones o Me e 2 3 ombs f Cov na n ters .

Locherb en James Harkness of , and others with

E r him, were apprehended , taken to dinbu gh, tried, o and condemned to death, but av ided execution by

r - ﬁve r escaping f om prison with twenty more prisone s . T homas , his brother, was not so fortunate ; he, with L adhills ‘ A n w , e S M Ewan dre Clark of o , and amuel , of z r Glencairn , was sei ed by Clave house, who came

S r upon them leeping in a ﬁeld near Closebu n . T hey ’ E r O were taken to dinbu gh about one clock , tried the T same day and executed . heir j oint testimony is in “ W . J r n the Cloud of itnesses ames Ha k ess returned, n and . kept himself in concealment, passi g through

r f many hai breadth escapes, but outliving the fury O n the persecutio . T he gravestone in the old churchyard bears this memorial of his troubled life and peaceful Victory after the R evolution Here lyes the body of James Harkness Locherb en in , 6 h D 1 t ec. 2 who died , 7 3 ,

aged 7 2 years .

Belo this stone his dust doth ly. who endured 2 8 years irran P ersecution by t y. Did him pursue with echo and cry T hrough many a lonsome place A t last by Clavers he was tane S entenced for to dy But God who for his soul to ok care Did him from prison b ring 2 Da lga m ock. 33

Because no other cause they had Bu t that he would n ot give up With Christ his glorious King A n d swear allegiance to that beast the Duke of Y ork I mean In spite of all there hellish rage a Natirel death he died In full assuran ce of his rest W mal ith Christ ete y.

T h f e family O T homas Harkness, martyr, have

T h r their burial place in the churchyard . e g avestone bear s this inscription

Here lyeth the body of T homas Harkness n rd 1 6 who departed this life, Ju e 3 , 7 5 , 1 aged 7 . who was son to T homas Harkn ess who suffered martyrdom in the time of the leat persecution r f for the inte est o Jesus Christ.

The romantic burial -place Of Dalgamock also con Old — tains the dust of a brave, Covenanter James N f — ivison, armer, Closeburn Mill, whose house was an occasional resort for the wanderers that frequented

T he r Of the district. cu ate Closeburn sought every O o N pp rtunity to injure ivison, and was most vindictive in his resentments ; one of the favourite retreats of

a Cricho e the f mily was p Finn, the caverns on whose for banks were famous concealment, and dangerous for those not acquainted with the paths he was Often 2 To bs ones o Me oven 34 m t f C a n ters .

r r ro r su p ised by visits f m the soldie s , and had many expedients t o elude capture ; but such was the dete r

Of mination his enemies to secure him , that he had

r n or i n own neithe peace safety his house , and with

o r f r his heroic wife , who w uld sha e his su fe ings, they

n r departed for a wanderi g life f om cave to cave, and were kindly received and cared for by the people in

v r t the moorland ; both outli ed the pe secution , e r o turning to thei h me in gladness . Nivison was accidentally killed by a kick fro m one of his own

r r ho ses, after weathering the sto ms of persecution, d r r an passing th ough much t ibulation ; he was thus ,

r r when no dange was app ehended , called to ﬁnish his r 1 0 w ork on earth , in the yea 7 4, and was buried in

the churchyard.

2 6 T n e 3 ombs to s of Me Covena n ters . approached he fell down on the grassy graves and It r expired. was a sudden relief to many a bu dened Of ersecu conscience, and being near the close the p

tion no other curate was appointed .

P S t v eter ranger sur ived the R evolution settlement ,

r r r and was bu ied in Closebu n Chu chyard , exactly at ’ h the curate s feet. T e contiguity of the graves

attracted attention, and inspired the following rhyme

P S d eter tranger, strangely place A t A ’ the uld Curate s feet, A n d surely they that placed him there

Were very indiscreet. F or P relates and for P relacy

He held as mortal foes , Nor did he spare to clip their wings W ’ hene er occasion rose . C R A IG H A U G H J

ONU ENT Crai hau h E M M at g g , skdale

r r r Moo , ma ks the place where A nd ew

o o r Hysl p, a y ung man, was shot by orde

v r of Cla e house . He and his brother and

' s r o r of si te lived with their m the , at whose house one ’ r r r the wande e s had died afte a few days illness . T he

r r family, dreading punishment, bu ied the co pse in a

r neighbouring ﬁeld du ing the night, which being found

S ir o r of out, James Johnst n , with a pa ty men, came and ’ f hOu s e ra li ted the body, stripped the widow s , sed it

r to the ground, and inﬂicted a loss upon the poo woman computed at six hundred and ﬁfty pound S cots .

She r r to w r and her family we e fo ced ande , while A w her son ndre was captured in the ﬁelds, and

E r taken prisoner to skdale, whe e sentence was passed

r r upon him . Clave house orde ed a Highland captain , Of who accompanied him with some his men, to

h O shoot him , but t ey refused to bey, threatening to

r r n r ﬁght the d agoons rather than do it, whe eupo Clave house comman ded three of his own men to perform the service. ( 2 3 7 ) 2 8 T es o Me v 3 ombs ton f Co en a n ters .

r o f Hyslop was bu ied on the sp t where he ell, at

rai hau h T he r v C g g . insc iption on the gra estone is as follows °

Here lies

A n d. Hyslop, Martyr, shot dead upon this place by S ir o W James Johnst ne of esterhall, r r and John G aham of Clave house , for Wo Of adhering to the rd God, ’ r o r Ch ist s Kingly G ve nment, in His house, an d W r o f R or the Covenanted o k ef mation, r against tyranny, perjury, and p elacy.

1 68 . R 2 1 1 2 ev. 1 . May . 5 1 .

H on e o r alt, passenger, w rd with thee o two , Why I ly here wouldst thou truly kn ow ? ru By wicked hands , hands c el and unjust, W ro ithout all law my life f m me they thrust, A n d being dead they left me on this spot, A n d for r I bu ial this same place got, ’ T ruth s friends in Eskdale n ow triumph their

T o u for o t. wit, the faithf l, my seal that g

1 0 2 . R r S r 8 2 1 . 7 epai ed by ubsc iption, 5

ve e 2 40 Tombs tones of Me Co n a n t rs .

Of . T in a valley, or bosom the hill hey are a remark able memorial of the Old conventicles which drew

o r ff t gethe the su ering wanderers, and inspired them with fresh life and courage to ﬁght the good ﬁght of ” faith . T he r churchya d, too, has its romantic history as

r Of W r r f the bu ial place Helen alke , the p ototype O ’ Jeanie Deans in S ir Walter S cott s well- known nov el “ ” T he r of Hea t of Midlothian, where a tombstone with an inscription written by the great novelist marks

r her g ave . Near the kirk Of Irongray is a hill with a grove of

oaks , hazels , and wild apples, within which the

r Of —E w r memo y two martyrs is preserved d ard Go don , ‘ A r Cu bb in r r r and lexande M , who, with fou othe s , we e

r . r Lochenkit surp ised and secured by Capt B uce , on

Lar hill the Of Urr. or g Moor, in parish Four were shot on the spot at the time of their capture ; but ‘ Gordo n and M Cu bbin were taken before the Laird

L r Urr r of agg, at the B idge of , whe e he was occupied

r n in fo cing the abjuration oath upon the people . O their refusing to accept the test he pronounced sen

Of tence death upon them. Captain Bruce having taken upon himself to des

r patch the othe s, was anxious these two should receive

L re a fair trial at the assize , but agg, with his usual morseless cruelty, stormed and swore he would have

no Court . T hey were conveyed to Irongray on the

following day, and when near the church were sus ' [( i rbpa tmM- [ rongray 2 4 1

on an r pended oak tree, at the foot of which they we e buried .

A ﬂat altar stone was erected as a memorial . In

1 8 2 R ev . 3 , a sermon was preached on the spot by the

r t G . Bu nside, when a collec ion was made to erect a r n handsome enclosure of stone, and an i on raili g. T he inscription is as follows H ER E LIES EDWA R D GO R DON A ND A LEXA NDER MCC UBINE MA R T Y R ES HA NGED WIT HOUT LA W BY LA G A ND CA P T B R UC E F OR A DHER ING T O T H E WOR D OF GOD CHR IST ’ S KINGLY C OIR E R UNNENT IN H IS HOUS E A ND T H E C OVENA NT E D WOR K O F R EFOR MA T ION A GA INS T T Y R A NNY P ER JUR Y A ND P R ELA CY 1 1 A 1 6 R EV 2 M R 8 . 1 . 3 5 A S LA G A ND BLOODIE BR UCE C OMMA ND WE WER E HUNG UP BY HELLIS H HA ND A ND T HUS T H E FUR IES US R A GE T O S T A Y WE DIED NEA R KIR K F IR N R Y O O G A . HER E NOW IN P EA CE SWEET R EST WE T A KE ONCE MUR DER ED F OR R ELI I N G O S S A KE. Q 2 2 To bs e Me e 4 m ton s of Cov n a n tens .

In the year 1 8 5 7 another monument was erected

r r r to the ma ty s , insc ibed as

Designed to express the respect cherished by the present generation for the Memory and P rinciples o f r the Ma tyrs whose ashes repose on this spot.

2 To s ones o Me ovena e 44 mb t f C n t rs .

Ir W of ongray. illiam Heron belonged to Glencairn men the other three were from Galloway. T heir bodies were buried at the place where they h fell, and a monument, enclosed wit in a wall, was e r n erected to preserv thei memory, o which is in scribed

Here lyes n W S t Joh Gordon , illiam tuar , Wi and n W lliam Heron, Joh allace, Martyrs S n u hot by Captai Br ce.

in l Behold here this wilderness we y, u c Fo r witnesses of hellish ruelty.

ur an d ul n ot O lives blood co d their ire asswage, ’ But when we re dead, they did against us rage ; T hat match the like , we think, we scarcely can, ’ E T Du A m n xcept the urks, or ke de lva s e .

R epaired by the friends of civil and religious liberty 2 in 1 8 3 .

rIS In n n r n On a g k oll ear the g avesto e, a granite n 1 8 Of monume t was erected in 43, on the top which on one is a hand poin ting upward, and of the sides 15 In scri bed

Y onder lie r n William Heron , f om Glencair , n W S a n W l Joh Gordon, illiam tew rt, Joh a lace,

Galloway men . 2 L oMenbit . 45

r u who we e fo nd out and shot dead here , 2 nd March 1 68 5 by Captain Bruce ’ for their adherence to Scotland s Covenant R r and efo mation . T o commemorate the principles for which thes e martyrs su ﬁered T his monument is erected by subscription A fter services preached here by ‘ ‘ Messrs M Lachlan and M Gill. 1 8 43. D B R K IR K C U IG H T .

T hose martyrs w ho for c o ns cien ce d ied

T o u mod is is tor b li t t eir f a me h gh h h y gh h , A n d s neeri ng cou rt iers b o o t t he n ame O f men w ho dared ab ove b e free

’ ” a A mids t a n atio n s sl very.

H E ancient royal burgh of Kirkcudbright

r T h is rich in histo ical events . e town is believed to have existed before the

n Of R A i vasion the omans . gricola with his Victorious army penetrated into the parish in the

r 8 2 R yea , and the omans held possession of forts in

r S ir the neighbourhood for three hundred yea s .

W W alkirk illiam allace, after his defeat at F , took

ir r r E I shipping at K kcudb ight for F ance , and dward . remained at the Castle with his Q ueen and Court in

r Of the cou se of his career conquest, and from this port sent into England and Ireland large quan tities IV of wheat to be made into ﬂour . James . Visited

1 0 1 n 1 0 8 the town in 5 , and agai in 5 , when he granted h to t e burgh the Castle and its lands . ( 2 46)

e 2 48 Tombs tones of Me Cov na n ters .

r —R S — 1 684 William H unt e obert mith . T his monument will S how posterity r l T wo headless martyres unde it doth y, ’ By bloody Grahame were taken and su rpris d. ’ o saiz d Brought to this t une , and afterwards were , By unjust law were sentenced to die ; ’

han d l . T hem ﬁrst they g , then headed crue ly D r r r Captains ouglas, B uce , G ahame of Clave house ’ Were those that cau s d them to be handled thus A n d when they were unto the jibbercome

T o stop their speech they did beat up the drum, A n d all because that they would not comply r la i With indulgen and bloody p e c e. In Of D face cruel Bruce , ouglas, and Grahame, T ai L s u ream hey did maint n that Christ was ord p ,

A n d boldly owned both the Covenants . o A t Kirkcudbright thus ended these tw saints .

r n of A nothe memorial sto e, in the middle the

o - of H allu me Churchyard, sh ws the burial place John ,

- a man Of . S young , eighteen years age eeing the soldiers coming he stepped out Of the road he was

e on su L u travelling, and was follow d spicion by ie t. Livingston e and a party of dragoons he was purs ued n w and shot, as well as wou ded with a s ord, but not mortally ; he was then. taken to Kirkcudbright . On us n as z ref ing the abjuratio oath, an si e was held, composed of soldiers, when he was condemned and executed .

A n in upright stone marks his grave, on which is scribed Kimbendbmgbt . 2 49

MEMENT O - MOR I HER E LY ES O N H A LLUME J H , WH O WA S WOUNDED IN H IS T A EIN K G, A ND BY UNJUST LA W S ENT ENCED

T O BE HA NGED. A LL T HIS DONE BY CA P T A IN DOUGLA S F OR H IS A DHER ENCE T O S C OT LA ND’S R E OR A T I N ENA NT S F M O COV , NA T I ONA L A ND S OLEMN LEA GUE . 1 8 6 5 . ‘ W A N O T H .

T is eard beside t he ru de ra s t on es w ere oft in da s o f Old h g y , h , y ,

T he ol onvo ation met the s a red feast to old h y c c , c h ’ G reen A nw oth s heigh ts have h eard afar the same t riu mphant

s on g,

A nd all the e o r ks arou nd h llow ed stra in ro in o t e a lo n . ch g c , h p g

H E old church of A nwoth is celebrated as the scene of the early labours of Samuel

r It r R utherfo d . was a ve y small and

humble ediﬁce, eighteen feet broad by

- r sixty four feet long, while the walls we e not more than ten feet high . T he ruins Of thevenerable fabric , r r are only a short distance f om the p esent church , built about ﬁfty years ago . On e of the most staunch supporters Of the Cove nant in the time Of the persecution was John Bell of

W A o r hiteside, in the parish of nw th, son of the hei ess ’ Of W hiteside, who, after his father s death , was married to n m ir f the Viscoun t Ke u . He was a man o great piety and worth , highly esteemed by all classes in his

r neighbou hood, but being implicated in the battle of

w r Both ell B idge , he was too prominent a man to be ( 2 5 0 )

2 T es o Me ovena n er 5 2 ombs ton f C t s .

T he remains Of John Bell were b uried in the

of A n r r churchyard woth, whe e a ﬂat stone, suppo ted

ar il to - on six small squ e p lars, close the south west

r Old h r m ks corne of the c u ch, ar his grave, on which is in scribed

o f hit es de w ho w as b arbeu rou sl s ot W y , y h

T his monu ment s h all tell post erity T a t b les sed Bell of W hi t es de ere dot l h y h h y, W ho a t comman d of bloody Lag w as s ho t A mu rt er s t ran e w i s ould no t he for h g h ch h go t . Do u las Of M orton did him u art ers i ve g q g , Y et c ru el Lag w ou ld n ot let him su rvi ve T his martyre sough t s ome t ime to reco men d H is sou l to G od b efore his dayes did ’ ’ T he tyran t said Wh at dev l ye ve p ra yed eneu gh T h is long seven yeare on mou n ta in s a n d in cleugh ’ in stantl cau s d him w it o t er fou r y h h , Be s ot to death u on irkconnel moor h p K . T hu s did end t he lives of these dear s an t s F or t heir a dh eren ce to t he covenant s

‘ Sgg r o u u e 8 2 1 5 0 1 9 11 9 J o pu eu ruroa our 1 2 pu eJS u oL 30

T he people of A n woth hold the memory Of S amuel

R d the ni t r in utherfor , ﬁrst mi s er of their chu ch, the v n I deepest e eration. n o u r n otice of his gravestone “ S t A r s nc at nd ew , refere e is made to the R utherford ” Monument erected by his old parishioners on the

Of r A r m the farm Bo eland, nwoth, about half a mile f o

r . It O 6 chu ch is a granite belisk, 5 feet high, and is s l con picuous for miles arou nd. It bears the fo lowing ins cription o r M A n a/0M. t UQ

T O the Memory Of R theR ev. Samuel utherford , Min ister of the parish O f A nwoth 1 6 2 to 1 6 from 7 39 , when he was appointed P rofessor of Divinity U r S t A in the nive sity of ndrews, r 1 66 1 whe e he died . 1 8 2 D. T his monument was erected A . 4

in admiration of his eminent talents, n r extensive learni g, a dent piety,

Ministerial faithfulness , an d distinguished public labours

in the cause of civil and religious liberty .

T he righteous shall be in everlasting remembran ce . G IR T H O N .

H E P arishioners Of Girthon suffered man y

o severe exacti ns during the persecution , for their devotion to the P resbyterian

Of In 1 66 form Church Government . 3 they were deprived Of the valuable services of their

W r r R ev. E ministe , the illiam rskine , who efused to

o o P r r c nf rm to elacy, and was the efore ej ected ; he was sentenced to conﬁne himself within the parish Of

r r r T eviotdale Ca sphai n , but having taken efuge in , in

1 6 1 7 , he was declared a fugitive , and in the following

r r r yea , lette s of inte communing having been issued

r against him, he was app ehended and lodged in

A f r r S tirling Castle . t the end O fou yea s he was r r emoved to Dumbarton Castle, f om which he was

r 1 6 r libe ated in 7 9 , but was again app ehended and s b u t conﬁned in Blackne s Castle , happily survived

r the R evolution . Many of his parishione s were exposed to heavy pecuniary penalties and sufferings, while several forfeited their lives for their adherence

o to the C venanters . ( 2 5 4)

L O C H S K E R R O W

EA R Loch Skerrow is the A u chencloy S ix monument, to commemorate martyrs

who, with two others who escaped, were discovered concealing themselves from persecution , and were seized by Graham of Claver n house, who ordered four to be i stantly shot, at the 1 8 h D 1 6 in t 8 . water of Dee, Galloway, ecember, 4

n Nithsdale on R obert Fergusso , a man, was buried the spot where he fell the others were taken to Dalry

(Galloway) and bu ried there . A ﬂat tombstone of humble pretensions marks the F on n grave of ergusson, which is i scribed

Memento Mori . L R er u sson Here yes obert F g , Who was surprised and in stantly shot to death on this place by Graham Of r for r Clave house, his adhe ence ’ to S cotland s R eformation Covenants ,

National and S olemn League , 6 1 8 4. L oM S bem ozo. 2 5 7

A more su itable memorial has since been erected a r a ar t the place whe e they fell, a st tely squ e granite 0 n monument, 3 feet high , on which is i scribed

E rected In Memory Of the Martyrs ‘ r . M R . u o Michan Fe g ss n , J ,

R . S u . r t art, and J Grie son ,

who l 1 8 Dec . 1 68 4 fe l on this spot, . r o r F om a Collecti n made he e, n 1 8 A 1 8 O the th ugust, 3 5 , and r of r the p oﬁts a se mon , afterwards r published , p eached on that day . f r f R ev . R . f o By the Je ey Girthon . D n 1 1 8 a iel 3 7 . K IR K C O E L H IL L .

MONUMENT A L pillar in the moor of T ongland marks the place where James W Clement, who, with Bell of hiteside,

r l and othe s, was taken and immediate y

S r hot. Clement was bu ied where he fell , and a

o r memorial st ne preserves his memo y, on which is inscribed

Here lyes .

James Clement, who was surprised and instantly sh ot to death on this place r Of L by Grie agg, ’ for his adherence to S cotlan d s R for o e mati n , Covenants , N S L ational and olemn eague, 1 68 5 .

T he r r monumental pilla , e ected from the proceeds

r r in 1 8 1 a of a se mon p eached 3 , be rs the following fulsome dedication ( 2 5 8 )

T W Y N H O L M .

Old N the churchyard of T wynham , the and the proper name of the place , lie buried ‘ r w M R ob ert remain s Of A nd e , one of those shot in company with Bell of Of T on land Whiteside and others in the parish g ,

Galloway. T he inscription on his gravestone is as follows

Memento Mori . Here lyes M ‘ R ob ert A ndrew , who was surprised and sh o t to death T on u eland in the p arish of g , L by Grier of agg, for his adherence to S cotland ’ s

R eformation Covenants , n L National and S olem eague,

1 68 5 . L O C H T R O O L .

“ W hen the b arb arou s h o rdes as t he on w ard rode y , B the W ild an d roc k len y y g , ’ H ave eard w en aw a from man s ab ode h , h y ,

A voi e t a t aw ed like the voi e Of God c h c , ” F w as t he hymn o f fearless men

N 1 68 in a S abbath morning in January, 5 , r r S pite of the rigour of a seve e winte ,

o a few faithful foll wers of the Covenant, part of that scattered remnant who were forced to seek shelter in the lonely glen or solitary m r r r i r oo , assembled to wo ship God acco d ng to thei c Caldon s in Of Minnie aff . onscience, at the , the parish g T hey had scarcely begun when a sudden surprise came upon them at the appearance Of Colonel

A r Douglas and a party of dragoons . fter a b ief — re r o R sistance , six pe s ns were killed James and obert ‘ Du n A r w M Clu de T , nd e Macaulay, John , homas and J o hn S tevenson ; one dragoon was killed ; also Cap

r r . T he tain U quha t, who was shot by a countryman s cene of the conﬂict was in the glen of T rool the

r r ma tyrs were interred near the place whe e they fell . T he s ite of the Old farmhouse of Caldon s is supposed ( 2 6 1 ) s Me 2 6 2 Tombs ton e of Covena n ters . t o be marked by a shapeless heap of stones , which A had once been a cairn . low stone wall enco m

r - f r passes the esting place of the su fere s , which stan ds

’ in a lonely marsh near the little water o f T rOOl shortly

r —a r o afte it leaves the loch very wild and omantic sp t.

T he r monument consists of a st ong plain wall ,

f o i r r about our feet high , f rm ng a squa e enclosu e, within which stands the little grey tombstone . T he

' modern enclosing wall has a slab Of red sandstone let

n on i o f 1 2 into its i ner side , which is the inscr ption 8 7

R r D Here lyes James and obe t uns, T S homas and John tevenson, ‘ ‘ M Clu de A M Call James , ndrew , who were surprised at prayer in this house D L L By Colonel ouglas, ieutenant ivingstone , D and Cornet James ouglas , and by them most impiously a nd cruelly ’ mu rther d for their adherence to ’ S R r cotland s efo mation Covenants, N S L ational and olemn eague . 1 8 6 5 .

In memory of Six Martyrs who suff ered at this spot for their attachment to the Covenanted Cause of in S Christ cotland, 2 1 68 January 3, 5 .

Erected by the Voluntary Contributions Of a Congregation who waited on the R ev v R ministrations of the . Ga in owatt ’ f W L Da 1 A 1 o r 8 2 . hiteho n , ord s y, 9 ugust, 7

C R O S S M I C H A E L .

H E parish church of Crossmichael is sur

ar in rounded by the churchy d, which are

several very handsome monuments .

A n ancient tombstone preserves the memory of a . C in suff erer for the ovenant, on which is scribed

r Memento Mo i . W r Here lyes illiam G aham , ’ r r Who, making his escape f om his Mothe s house,

was pursued and taken, and instantly shot dead by a party of ’ rhou s es ro Clave t ops , ’ r S R for his adhe ence to cotland s eformation, N S L Covenants, ational and olemn eague ,

1 68 2 . D A R Y L .

T he deer faint an d fallin a ov ert had fou n d , g, c

Bu t slou ou nds like vu lt u res w ere ro wli n arou n d gh h , , p g

A nd the ﬂow er i n the morn in all w ea r b e ressed g, y, p , ’ ’ A t eve ma b a ered i b o d h b reas y e w t w l o 0 is t .

’ O N S T o D r J H wn of al y, or as it is called D by the residents, the Clachan of alry, has a special niche in the history Of the ’ 2 8 r r o In yea s pe secuti n . this small Village

r t ook lace the ﬁ st collision , p between a few country

' o r o men and the s ldie s, occasi ned by an act of humanity in rescuing an Old man from the troopers who were about to inﬂict punishment upon him for refusing to pay ﬁnes imposed for non- attendance on

- the parish church . Compassion for a fellow suff erer

r r p ompted their inte ference, which was construed into r r r ebellion, and fo ced the Covenante s into a course of

i r r r and act on neithe fo eseen nor desi ed , caused the ﬁrst deadly struggle a few weeks after this skirmish in P the rising at entland.

T he r o h chu chyard , which is situated cl se to t e v a r n n ill ge, on a g assy mound ear the margi of the ( 2 65 ) 2 66 To bs ones o Me ove a m t f C n n ters .

r ar r r o rive , has its m ty memo ial , where a m nument is

R o r S r r r wh erected to be t tewa t and John G ie son , o with t wo others were killed by Claverhouse at the

Dee 1 68 . T he r r water of , in 4 fo me was a youth of

s on Of R r great promise, Maj or obe t S tewart of

r Dalr A rdoch , in the pa ish of y, a staunch adherent

to . r r the cause of the Covenant He and G ie son, t r r r the with six o hers , we e su p ised by dragoons at

u chen clo A y, and soon overpowered ; one James ‘ M Michael S r , fought ingle handed with Clave house , th i and tradition says he had the best of e ﬁght, t ll a dragoon came behind and clave his S kull in two ;

r r some friends buried his body, but Clave house orde ed it to be taken out of the grave and hung on a tree . T wo escaped, and the other two were executed at T h w n Kirkcudbright. e bodies of S te art and Grierso

D r . were brought to alry, and buried by their elations T he in scription on the gravestone runs thus

Memento Mori . Here lyeth R obert S tewart n o Ar (S o to Maj r S tewart, of doch) r d and John Grierson , who were mu there by Of Graham , Claverhouse, ’ 8 r S A nno 1 6 4, for their adhe ence to cotland s

R eformation and Covenants , L National and S olemn eague , ’ r or Behold Behold a stone s he e f ced to cry,

Come see two martyrs under me that ly. ’ A t Water of Dee they ta en were by the hands ’ Of Cruel Clave rhouse and s bloody bands,

B A L M A C L E L L A N .

L i ’ ’ ke the lean in o ra es w hen t he vin t a e is o er g g g p g ,

T is lo n e li t tle lus ter like w a ter mu s t ou r h c , p “ T he red ra in of arna e like dew o n t he sod c , g ,

F or t he mart rs are a st i n t he i n e ress o f G y c w p od.

H E churchyard of Balmaclellan is in close t proximi y to the Village, which is situ

n ated on a high risi g ground, and com mands a ﬁne View of the surrounding country ; it contains several very ancient tombstones n with quaint inscriptions . O e of these preserves the

R ev. T r r memory of the homas Ve ne , a minister of the

ﬁft - 1 1 6 parish, for y nine years , who died in 7 , in the

8 th Of r 9 year his age, and , as stated on the g avestone, the last O f the P resbyterian ministers who survived R ” the evolution . O n e r I of ﬁve martyrs surp ised in a cave at ngliston,

r r —R r in Glencai n parish , lies buried he e obe t Grier

a w ff r son, Galloway man , was in hiding ith other su ere s, w L r hen Colonel Douglas and Lieut . ivingstone we e

r led by an informer to their retreat . T he soldie s shot into the cave , wounded one man , rushed upon the ( 2 68 ) 2 6 B a lma clella n . 9

r n othe s, and shot them on the spot, only one bei g ’ r r T allowed a few minutes respite for p aye . his was

o r r J hn Gibson, who was bu ied at Glencairn, as p eviously noticed. A monument was erected to the memory of R obert

r o r r Grie s n, which has been recently repai ed by orde

Of r the parish minister, and aised a foot from the ground . It is inscribed as follows

r l eth R O ER T R IE R He e y B G S ON, who was shot to death by command of o o Do In les tou n C l nel James uglas , at g , h 1 t e r 68 . in parish of Glencai n , anno . , 5

T his monument to passengers shall cry, T o r o r o l hat g odly Grie s n unde it d th y, r v W o Bet ayed by Kna ish ats n to his foes, ’ W r r r r hich made this Ma ty s days by mu the close, If l r r ye wou d know the natu e of his c ime, T r Of hen ead the story that killing time, ’ ’ W r con c eal d hen Babel s b ats with hellish plots , ’ Desi n d t o ou r S o r - ﬁeld g make uth thei hunting , ’ r of ﬁv e r in He e s one at once we e laid dust , ’ T O r R m r g atify o e s exec able lust, If carabines with molten bullets could r N Have eached their souls , these mighty imrods would T hem have cut of ; for there could no request

T r r u . h ee minutes get, to p ay for f ture rest

’ Near the martyr s gravestone is a monument to “ ” ld r r the memory of O Mo tality, who dese ves a

r niche in any record of the Covenante s . 2 0 To bs ones o Me e a te 7 m t f Con n n ns .

T r are r r A r l he e few chu chya ds in yrshi e , Gal oway,

or D r i r r Of umf iessh re , whe e the wo k his chisel is not

r or yet to be seen , a labou to which , without fee

r Of reward , he devoted fo ty years his life ; not only

r r r epai ing and deepening the insc iptions , but erecting

stones at his own expense . T he Village Of Balmaclellan was the place where f f ld r T h t he wife and amily O O Mo tality lived. e in scription on the monument is as follows

T o the memory of R O ER T P A T ER S ON B , S r r tone eng ave , Old r l well known , as Mo ta ity, who died at Bankend Of Ca erlaverock 1 r 4th Feb uary 1 8 0 1 ,

aged 8 8 .

T he venerable renovator of the tombstones of the

r Covenanters , in the last of his pereg inations at his

r b r hallowed wo k , was in the neigh ou hood of Bank

r D r was end, about eight miles f om umf ies , when he

- seized with illness, and found on the road side ; he

r r was emoved to a f iendly house , where he died in a

o f few days, and was buried in the church yard

rl r k f r Ca e av e oc . A ew years ago, the celeb ated “ r W N r publishe s of the averley ovels , Mess s A dam

E r and Charles Black , dinbu gh , did a very kindly act ’ in erecting a memorial over Old Mortality s grave ;

red r it is of f eestone, simple, but tasteful in design.

N r u Of m t ea the pper part the stone , a alle and chisel,

B A L M A G H IE .

Bu t t he blu id blu i d sw ord y, y , F or t h eir A u ld Kirk-yard ’ L ike w ater ou red t heir b lood p , ” In t at A u ld irk- ard h K y .

N the churchyard Of Balmaghie are two

r martyr memo ials , one in honour of David

Ma ﬁel Halliday, portioner of y d, and

D Glen ca re avid Halliday in y , whose

r memories are preserved on the same g avestone . T he former was shot with Bell of Whiteside and others

r r on Kirkconnel mui , the latter was, a few months afte , captured with George Short,by Lord A nnandale and L Grierson of agg, who were then searching the dis trict for Noncon fonn ists and all who refused to take

L r the oaths . Halliday, on his surrender to o d A Off nnandale , received quarter, and was ered to be tried on the following day ; but the merciless Lagg

men swore he should have no respite , and ordered his

b oo h to him at once. T e soldiers at ﬁrst refused, i2 7 2 ; 2 B a lmag /t ie. 7 3

till Lagg threatened to do it himself ; and Short and Halliday were shot as they lay bound together on the

o r gr und, whe e their dead bodies were left till the

o r foll wing day, when they we e taken and buried in

r lma hi the Chu chyard Of Ba g e. T heinscriptions on thetombstones are as follows

D Here lyes avid Halliday, Ma ﬁeld who S o h portioner of y , was h t upon t e 2 1 5 t r r 1 68 Feb ua y 5 , D v Glena e and of a id Halliday, once in p , wi S o o 1 1 o f l 1 68 who was like se h t up n the th Ju y 5 , for their adherence to the prin ciples Of ’ S R r cotland s Covenanted efo mation .

Beneath this stone two David Hallidays ’ DO l o n ow r r y, wh se souls sing thei Master s p aise. T o no r r r k w, if cu ious passenge s desi e , F or w whome hat, by , and how they did expire ? ’ T did r hey oppose this nation s pe jury, N or h o r P could t ey j in with lo dly relacy, ’ I o r r r ndulging fav u s f om Ch ist s enemies , ’ u en ch d : T Q not their zeal his monument then crys , T r r hese we e the causes not to be fo got, Wh L r y they by agg so wickedly we e shot, On e N on e r ame, one Cause , g ave, one heaven to tye T r heir souls to that one God ete nally .

A n e upright stone , three feet high, by two feet wid , r r S o ma ks the g ave of George h rt, on which is in scribed 2 7 4 Tombstones of Me Conena ntens .

n M Meme to ori. S Here lies George hort, an d n who was pursued take , and instantly

shot to death under cloud of night, T on u eland in the paroch of g , i La E A by Gr er of g, and the arle of nnandale, ’ because of his adherence to S cotlan d s R eformation, Covenants , N an d S n L e ational olem eagu , 1 68 5 .

e Me ove 2 7 6 Tombs ton s of C n a n ters .

r n f of the remo seless soldiers, u der the command O D n Colonel ouglas, was lying ill of a fever whe they entered his house ; he was either unable or unwilling to answer questions put to him ; but in his helpless

o i c ndit on , was taken out of bed and carried to the N w n w r i e tow of Gallo ay, where, next mo ning, w thout an y process or assize, he was shot ; his body was in r Of buried the chu chyard Kells.

T he original in scripti on IS as follows

A DA M MA W N Here lyes CQ H A , wh his o, being sick of a fever, was taken out of bed N and carried to ewtown of Galloway, and the next day most cruelly and unj ustly shot to death by the command of L r D ieutenant Gene al James ouglas, D Of brother to the uke Q ueensberry, for his adherence to S cotland’ s R eformation, Covenants,

N S L 1 68 . ational and olemn eague, 5 T he above stone, th A DA M MA WH A N erected to e memory of CQ , r was placed in this g anite monument,

. D. 1 8 2 A 3 . T he expense defrayed by the inhabitants f r the O Kells, after se mon by R e v. James Maitland,

minister of the parish .

T he churchyard Of Kells has another memorial ston e to the memory of one of the men wounded at

l n . the battle Of R u lio Green, and buried here 2 Kells . 7 7

Here lyes the corpse Of r La r m R oge Gordon of g ore, who ar 2 1 66 2 dyed M ch , 2 aged 7 years, and Of Lar more John Gordon of g ,

his grandchild, 6 1 66 who dyed January , 7 , of his wounds got at P entland in defence of the

Covenanted R eformation . C R A I G M O D IE .

rai m i i a bleak roman tic spot at C g od e, n

Of r W r the parish Ki kcowan , igtownshi e, Al Lin was shot exander , by order of

- D Lieut . Gen eral rummond in his progress l in 1 68 through Ga loway 5 , that year of blood and a ssassination. A al s the Of on memori stone mark place his burial, which is inscribed

Here lyes the body 0 1 A lexander Linn Who was surprised and instantly shot h to deat on this place, by Lieutenant General Drummond ’ for his adherence to S cotlan d s R eformation n n n Cove a ts, National and S olem league 1 6 8 5 .

In 1 8 2 n n n n n the 7 a ew sto e was erected, co tai i g O ld in scription with this addition ( 2 7 8 )

W IG T O W N . — — A grave a grave is b y t he sea i n a pla ce of an cien t t omb s ’ ess mu rmu ri n o f w aves for ever o er it o mes A restl g , c

A leas an t sou n d i n su mmer t ide—a re u iem low an d lear p q c , ” u O h w en s torms are on the ill—i r b ath a voi e of fear B t ! h h c .

UR closing record of the tombstone in s cription s brings under notice one of the darkest pages in the history Of the perse he f “ ca tion . T story O the Wigtown t Martyrs is full of ragic interest, and the publication

r r N S ff D of a ecent wo k by Mark apier, heri of umfries i sh re, attempting to prove the received history a “ ” “ ” fable and a calumny has only brought out the facts of the case with a fulness of detail which completely conﬁrms the accuracy of Wodrow as a faithful historian . T he story of the martyrdom was given to the world just thirty- seven years after the event is said to h ave taken place, and while there were many people living who were perfectly acquainted with all the facts ( 2 8 0 ) 2 8 I Wigtow n .

Of the case ; but instead of being contradicted and d ov r ispr ed , it has been repeated by all espectable

u r . T r r historians down to o own time adition is st ong, h o f clear, and unwavering on the c ief points the

o story, and it w uld have been a welcome chapter in our national history if the learned S heriff had been able to detach this black page from the record of the

r pe secution . T he minutes of the Kirk S ession Of Kirkinner

P enn in hame and g , the parishes to which the women l o are r r respective y bel nged, fo tunately p eserved, and ha ve been printed as the most satisfactory testimony which could be produced ; the question in dispute

O o r is one of fact and not of pini n , and the ministe s and elders Of the district who certiﬁed to the event in t S r heir ession ecords, must have known what had taken place within their own church boundary only

‘ t wenty- six years previous ; and we can scarcely imagine such a b ody Of men guilty Of placing on the page of history a story of martyrdom to which the terms “ ” al f se and calumnious, could in any degree be

applied . F or more minute details of the controversy, our ’ “ ” r rr N Cr w reade s are refe ed to apier s Case for the o n , “ a nd History Vindicated in the Cas e of the Wigtown ” r R ev A r S r of Marty s, by the . lexande tewart, ministe ' T he minu t relatin Glasserton . part of the e g to the Wilson family in the books of the Kirk S ession of P en n ingha me ma y be noticed e 2 8 2 Tombs tones of M Covena n ters .

’ W Glenvern ock Cas tlestewar Gilbert ilson of , in t s an d b ein excesse r l , g a man to ane confo m to the guise for Of the tymes, and his wife without challenge her h religion , in good condition as to worldly things, wit a great sto ck on a large ground (ﬁtt to be a prey) was

l o . harassed for his chi dren , who would not conf rm ar T hey being required to take the test, and he the r r cu ates, refused both , were sea ched for, ﬂed, and

u n . T lived in the wild mo ntai s, bogs, and caves heir r parents we e charged, on their highest peril,that they u should neither harbo r them , speak to them, supply r o them, nor se e them ; and the count y pe ple were Of law obliged by the terror the to pursue them , as

i an d . well as the soldiers, w th hue cry

1 68 T W S i In F ebruary, 5 , homas ilson, xteen years

r W A Of age ; Ma garet ilson, eighteen years ; gnes

r i W l Wilson thi teen years , ch ldren of Gilbert i son, — , — the said T homas keeping the mountains his two A W wn sisters, Margaret and gnes, went secretly to igto n to see some friends, were there discovered, and take ’ n h prisoners, thrust i to the t ieves hole as malefactors, and after a time brought up to the tolbooth with ar r t s everal other prisoners, particularly one M ga e

‘ Lachlan d n 6 M , of Kirkinner parish, a woma 3 years f O age. Af ter being imprisoned for some time they

r S f L Of L we e brought before the heri f, the aird agg,

M Winram C n ajor , and aptain S tracha , who were h T r olding an assize . hey were cha ged with being

Of n r A irsmoss guilty rebellio at Bothwell B idge, , t conven wenty ﬁeld conventicles , and twenty house

2 84 Tombs ton es of Me Coven a n ters .

many who were witnesses Of the drowning. T he inscriptions are as follows

LET E A R T H A ND S T ON E S T ILL W IT N E S B EA R E U) T H EIR LY ES A VIR GIN E MA R T YR H ER E ’ MUR T H ER D F OR OUN IN G CH R IS T S UP R EA ME 0 8 H EA D O F H IS CH UR CH A ND No MOR E CR IME i BUT N OT A JUR ING P R ES BY T R Y ; B , A ND H ER N OT OWNING P R ELA C :n g 00 Y ’ 8 5 ; T H EY H E R CONDEM D BY UNJUS T LAW O F H EA E N N O R H ELL T H EY S T O OD N o A w 0 V é E ' ’ I W IT N H E E T Y T T A KE E ; <1: H I T S A D O A S z :3 S H E S UF F ER ED F OR CH R IST J E S US S A KE 3 2 T H E A CT O R S O F T H IS CR UEL CR IME “5 Q WA S LA GG S T R A H A N W IN R A M A ND GR H A ME , C , , 2: N E IT H E R OUNG Y EA R E S N O R Y ET OLD A GE Y , COULD S T OP T H E F UR Y OF T H E R E R A GE

T he second tombstone has inscribed in front

H ER E LIES MA R GA R A T LA CH LA NE WH O WA S BY UN UST LA W S ENT ENC’ D J S T O DY E BY L A GG S T R A CH A NE WINR A M E H A ND GR A M E A ND T Y ED T O A ST A KE H WIT H V IN T H E FLO OD F OR H ER " W I E Back Of tombstone I ( ME MENT O MOR I O * H A DH ER ENC E T o 1“ S COT LA NDS R EFO R M A T IO N C OVENA NT S NA T IO NA L A ND S OLEMN LEA GUE A ED 6 1 68 G 3 . 5 . 2 8 Wigtown . 5

A modern monument has been erected by public W i subscription at indyhill, an eminence adj o ning the W r w . It O n bu gh of igto n is a handsome belisk, costi g

0 w w 2 0 , and commands a magniﬁcent Vie of the to n u It and surro nding country. can be seen for many

. On W miles around the east side, facing igtown Bay, there is the following inscripti on

A R GA R ET WILS ON 1 8 r M , aged , daughter of a farme Glen v ern ock in ,

‘ A R GA R E T M LA UCH LA N 6 M , aged 3 , tenant in the Of Dru m ar an farm j g , OT H IN T H IS COUNT B Y, Were Drowned by sentence of the P ublic A u thori in ties , the waters of the Bladnoch , near this

place, on T he 1 1 th O f MA Y 1 68 , 5 , Because they refused to forsake the pri n ciples Of the o R o S c ttish eformati n, and to take the Govern O r ment ath, abjuring the ight of the people r r to resist the tyranny of thei rule s . A LS O , WILLIA M OH NST ONE r r OH N MIL J , ga dene , and J R OY C F in tilloch IL E R T WA LKER , hapman in , and G B , Kirkala servant in , all in this County, W o Of W ere similarly executed in the t wn igtown , In Y the same ear, A n d for the same cause.

T he western tablet bears the following

T his Monument has been erected In memory of the noble army of Martyrs in Galloway 2 8 6 To s ones o Me ovena nten mb t f C s .

and S b n other parts of cotland, y whom, duri g

the age of persecution , our religion and

liberties, as now established, were secured ; and A s a lesson to their posterity never to lose or abuse

those glorious principles, planted by their labours, in t ff in and r rooted heir su er gs, watered with thei blood .

On the south side is in scribed a copy of the record n M WilSon in on the tombsto e of argaret , the church W n . yard, igtow A n d on n n the orth side, the followi g dedica tion

A general desire having been manifested

to commemorate, by some suitable monument,

the piety, constancy, and courage of the ' S r cottish Ma tyrs, especially those whose ashes repose in the r W Chu chyard of igtown , a Committee of Gentlemen Of the district was appointed to O r carry out this bj ect, and a conside able fund having been raised by public subscription an d otherwise, the present memorial was Erected in the year 1 8 8 5 .

A n elegant marble allegorical group of statuary,

r r surmounted by a glass cupola, rep esenting Marga et W A ilson, with her younger sister , gnes, has been erected in the picturesque and romantic churchyard Of S t W D Of irling, by the late illiam rummond that

2 8 8 To s ones o Me oven a e mb t f C n t rs .

S r in the ession book , and twelve yea s after it was ’ Wodrow s r T o W o published in Histo y, h mas ils n was

r living to ce tify to its truth , and the monument in Wigtown churchyard was erected some years before

his d eath . A nother gravestone in Wigtown churchyard c om memorates three men belonging to the parish Of P en

n in hame r Winram g , who were taken by Maj o , and W very summarily executed . illiam Johnston was

r L in tilloch W r ga dener to the aird of F George alke ,

rv Kinkau l an d r C se ant in y, John Mil oy, hapman , liv

in tilloch. T r ing in F hey had refused to confo m, and were forced t o wander from place to place ; after many

r r remarkable escapes, they were captu ed and b ought

W n r to igtown . O declining to answe some questions ,

u E r and ref sing to hear the piscopal minister , they we e

hanged without the trouble of an assize, the day after

they were apprehended . f n n A n upright stone marks the place O interme t. o which is inscribed

ME MENT O MOR I. H ER E LY S E WILLIA M J O HNST ON JOHN MILR OY GEOR GE WA LKER WH O WA S WIT H OUT S ENT ENCE O F LA W H A NGED BY MA JO R WINR A M F OR T HE IR A DHE R ENC E T O S COT LA ND’ S R EF O RMA T ION COVENA NT S NA T ION WE A L A ND S OLA M L EA G . 1 6 8 5 . V A L E D I C T IO N .

E have now ﬁnished our pilgrimage to the

S r r hrines of the Covenante s , and t ust those Of our readers who have followed our footsteps are not weary of the T r j ourney. hese memo ial stones are only rept e s en tative of the desolation which swept over S cotland “ during the killing times it was a dismal period of

suffering, cruel in action , and calamitous ! in results, but it developed the national character and laid the n foundation of freedom for a comi g age . T he number of people murdered in the ﬁelds was very great ; hundreds were killed in the moorlands whose

n names are not retained in tradition , and ma y graves are pointed out in the wilds of which no account can t be given , except hat handed down in family history, Of that they are burial places martyrs for the covenant,

and as such have ever been preserved and held sacred . T he ﬁres of persecution have long since and for ever

in n burned out, and the cha ged conditions of citizen ship the present generation are too apt to look upon ( 2 8 9 ) T 2 To s ones o Me oven a n e 9 0 mb t f C t rs .

the gallan t struggle of their forefathers as simply a r O h matte of history , ften forgetting ow much they owe to those brave pioneers who fought the battle of civil W and religious liberty. hile these pages are passing

r th ough the press, the ﬁftieth anniversary of the R epeal of the T est and Corporation A cts is being

r A hi r f celeb ated, these cts w ch formed pa t O the baneful legislation Of the age which roused the deﬁant

spirit of the Covenanters . T he T est A ct was passed in 1 67 2 among other penalties it enacted “ T hat every person that shall be admitted to any f o ﬁce , civil or military, or shall receive any pay by r eason of any patent or grant, or shall have command in of place or trust, or shall be admitted to any service

R al r in the oy Household , shall receive the Sac ament ’ of the Lord s Supper according to the u su age of the

C r E d r a d hu ch of nglan , within three months afte his ’ mittan c L e, in some public church upon some ord s

r day, immediately after divine service and se mon .

A n fﬁ y person taking o ce without this qualiﬁcation,

ro and being there on lawfully convicted, is disabled f m

or r n suing, using any action at law, for being gua dia t an e or ofany child , or execu or, or capable of y l gacy

ft an d or s u m Of 0 0 b e re deed of gi , f feit the 75 5 , to ” c i e ved by him or them that shall sue for the same . T he repeal of these unrighteous laws on the 9 th

1 8 2 8 f r May , was the dawn O a brighter day for libe ty of c i onscience , and the r ght of private judgment ; and in the - r v half centu y just passed, other disabilities, ci il and

D UNN W R IG H T ,

G L A S O W

G L A S G O W

17 6 BUCHANAN STR EET AND 102 ST IRLING

LONDON : 1 5 A VE MA RIA LANE. K N E W W O R S .

12 5 8 a es with rontis iece cloth ilt title Crown 8 0, 2 p g , f p , , g , K N O X

A ND T H E

E F M I N T IM E S IN S LAN D R OR AT O COT .

N D Y N L . O E IN U H B J W RG . EA ATS , B

P F C BY R EV. OB MUIR A WI RE A E R ERT , H CK.

“ a s th e li e a n d ou l of the reat R e or a t on in S otla n Knox w f s g f m i c d .

F oolsca S uo 32 0 loth ilt title 5 p , pp , c , g , / L I F F H L L G R E Y C A ,

A ND OTHER P OEMS .

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